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Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]
1,914 songs · chronological within each section · A–Z by artist
Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer
Entries are numbered (#1, #2 …) for reference on this page; the numbers shift when entries are added or split.
Freda Payne — “Bring the Boys Home” (Invictus, 1971)
A collection of peace, protest, and anti-war songs referencing the Vietnam War
This forms part of the larger Vietnam War Song Project, an interpretive examination of over 6,500 Vietnam War songs identified, revealing how the war's significance is represented through music. The project also collects spoken-word recordings about the conflict. This unique collection of voices advances scholarship by providing insights into people’s views about the war over time as represented in music, looking at diverse communities and vibrant music scenes. It is crucial in developing our knowledge of the war and the humanities, through the use of a digital research platform.Note: in Vietnam, the conflict is also know as the American War, and Kháng chiến chống Mỹ ("Resistance war against the United States"). It is also referred to as the Second Indochina War and the Vietnam conflict.
Note: The VWSP has identified, to date, 1,910+ peace, protest and anti-war songs released during the war years (1960–75).
YouTube playlist: Protest / Peace / Anti-War Songs
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years], vietnamwarsongproject.com/list/peace-protest-anti-war-songs, accessed 12 November 2026
Introduction
Songs in this section contain expressions of peace, opposition to government or military policies, solidarity with the anti-war movement, and songs protesting the contemporary environment.
Beyond Anti-War and Peace, the songs in this collection most often also deal with: Soldier's Perspective, Draft, Civil Rights, Religion.
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Early 60s protest songs, part of a minority movement, often expressed a moral objection to war and the use of American military power. However, between 1968 and 1969, general public support for withdrawal from Vietnam increased from 19% to 55%, with an increasing number of songs, which emphasised the war’s length, military failures, and increasing death rate.
The early 1960s saw an explosion of teen & garage rock bands, contemporary folk singers, the blues revival, and new music movements on South American, and the Caribbean, which coincided with the beginning of the Vietnam War. By the end of 1965, 200,000 US troops were in South East Asia, which increased to 500,000 by 1967. The "Rolling Thunder" bombing campaign was in full swing, viewed on television throughout the world. With the threat of being drafted, the breaking down of cultural / generational barriers, and the politicalization of youth, musicians started to play a role in the growing anti-war movement in the United States. Musicians in Asia, Vietnam, Australian & New Zealand, Europe, the Caribbean, and Central & South America also protested against the Vietnam War and war in general. The protest movement were particularly vocal and put major domestic pressure on the White House and Congress. However, despite the well attended anti-war demonstrations, mass public opinion largely supported presidential policy in Vietnam throughout much of the war - see Vietnam War Opinion Polls.
The early 1960s saw an explosion of teen & garage rock bands, contemporary folk singers, the blues revival, and new music movements on South American, and the Caribbean, which coincided with the beginning of the Vietnam War. By the end of 1965, 200,000 US troops were in South East Asia, which increased to 500,000 by 1967. The "Rolling Thunder" bombing campaign was in full swing, viewed on television throughout the world. With the threat of being drafted, the breaking down of cultural / generational barriers, and the politicalization of youth, musicians started to play a role in the growing anti-war movement in the United States. Musicians in Asia, Vietnam, Australian & New Zealand, Europe, the Caribbean, and Central & South America also protested against the Vietnam War and war in general. The protest movement were particularly vocal and put major domestic pressure on the White House and Congress. However, despite the well attended anti-war demonstrations, mass public opinion largely supported presidential policy in Vietnam throughout much of the war - see Vietnam War Opinion Polls.
Time Period & Criteria
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- Pre-Gulf of Tonkin: 1960-1964
While many of these early songs may have been intending to refer to US troops in Germany, or Korea, or representing general Cold War fears, they were released in the run-up to the "Vietnam era" and the Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964), which led to a major escalation of US involvement in the conflict, and thus included in this list, as cultural perspectives. The criteria is the same as for the war years - the songs included mention Vietnam, or the lyrics deal with war-related themes, such as the draft, napalm, prisoners of war, demonstrations, references to soldiers and veterans, war & peace, and expressions of patriotism. - War Years: 1964-1975
Released during the key war years, the songs included mention Vietnam, or the lyrics deal with war-related themes, such as the draft, napalm, prisoners of war, demonstrations, references to soldiers and veterans, war & peace, and expressions of patriotism. While the war goes back to the 1954 Geneva conference, following the Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964), the US significantly expanded its presence in the region and its defence of South Vietnam, and thus using this date as the beginning of the core war years. These run to the collapse of South Vietnam (30 April 1975), in two periods: (a) 1964-1972, the years of major US combat involvement, up to the peace agreement; (b) 1973-1975, from the Paris Peace Accords (27 January 1973), which brought US troops and prisoners of war home, to the collapse of South Vietnam. This collection covers the war years only (1960-1975).
Themes
- Pro-Peace / Anti-Hawk:
Expressions of peace, support for the anti-war movement, and opposition to supporters of the war. May reference opposition to hawks, warmongers, conservatives etc; support for doves, peace, progressives, disarmament, demonstrators, call to action etc. May reference opposition to death, destruction, and negative-effects of war on both sides. - Change of Policy / Anti-Government:
Expressions calling for an end to the war in Vietnam, criticism of specific government policy / actions, such as bombing campaigns, the draft, the use of napalm, Agent Orange, and other weapons. Reference to specific politicians, either for or against the war. - Anti-Soldier or Militarism:
Criticism of the role of soldiers or military, reference to military leadership; the economics of war, or military-industrial complex. - Pro-Reform / Anti-System:
Protest: capitalism, elitism, corruption, imperialism etc. Need: reform, revolution etc. - Draft:
Also note relevant draft protest songs, such as Draft Resistance, Draft Dodging, Draft Inequality, and Draft Card Burning - see here for more: Vietnam War: Draft Songs. - Movements:
Civil Rights: African-American Civil Rights Movement in the US (1950s-60s). Songs may discuss inequality in the draft system, and racial mistreatment at home or in Vietnam. May also reference the lack of rights at home despite fighting for their country alongside US white citizens. Typically found in the genres of soul, gospel, funk, and the blues, and performed by African-Americans. May reference Martin Luther King Jr.
Voting Rights: Movement to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, a prevalent issue in the Vietnam era due to young soldiers drafted unable to vote in elections (see Draft Inequality). Voting age lowered by 26th Amendment in 1971, applied during the 1972 Presidential Election.
Counter-Culture / Hippies: Reference to values and norms presented as different from contemporary mainstream society. In the 1960s, this is often related to hippie [or hippy] culture. Often presented as a youth movement, related to psychedelic music, drugs use (e.g. LSD and marijuana), long hair (both men & women), jeans, flairs, pop art, free love (sex, love-in), travelling, spirituality etc. - Events:
Kent State: Songs referencing the Kent State shootings ("May 4 massacre" or the "Kent State massacre"). The Kent State Shootings (or "Massacre") took place on 4 May 1970, in Ohio, where members of the Ohio State Guard shot and killed four students.
Jackson State: Two students were subsequently killed by Mississippi state and Jackson city police, at Jackson State college ("Jackson State Killings") on 15 May 1970.
Chicago ’68 / Chicago Seven: Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August 1968. Originally 8 people stood trial - Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, and Black Panther leader Bobby Seale. Seale later tried separately (“Chicago 7”).
March on Washington: Multiple demonstrations called "March on Washington" in the 1960s – both dealing with the Vietnam War and Civil Rights.
March on Pentagon: Anti-war march held on 21 October 1967, from Washington D.C. to the Pentagon. Attended by famous and high profile figures, such as the Fugs, Phil Ochs, Allen Ginsburg, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin. Portrayed in the Norman Mailer book “Armies of the Night”. Organised by National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (“Mobe”).
Moratorium: "Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam", a massive demonstration across the US on 15 October 1969, followed up by a march on Washington on 15 November 1969.
1960-1964
Records from before 1963 are included as context.
In the 1964 presidential election 2/3rds of Americans said that they paid little or no attention to Vietnam.1 However, the Vietnam conflict had started to rise in the news agenda. The US had over 15,000 personnel in South Vietnam - mainly military experts, for training and support. Furthermore, on 7 August 1964, the US Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, following a naval clash between North Vietnam and US forces, which permitted President Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) to send conventional forces to Vietnam.2 Thus, Vietnam started to become a focal point in the news and with topical singers.
- 8 November 1960: John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in US presidential election
- 20 December 1960: National Liberation Front (NFL) or the Viet Cong is established
- 2 November 1962: South Vietnamese leader Diem executed in coup
- 22 November 1963: Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes US president following Kennedy assassination
- 2-4 August 1964: North Vietnam attacks US ships in Gulf of Tonkin
- 7 August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress, permitting intervention
- 3 November 1964: Johnson re-elected US president
1961
#1 Ray Odom Dear Daddy Uncle Sam 1961 · Single · Dear Daddy Uncle Sam / Cowboy's Christmas Prayer · Rodeo # 762 · USA
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Dear Daddy Uncle Sam (Odom, Ray) Country narration. Phoenix, Arizona.
Girl's letter to the president -
father a sailor who died in a war (Korea?).…
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Rodeo 762, "Dear Daddy Uncle Sam" (Bob Newman), time 2:19, Roper Publishers, BMI; Dakota Music Inc., P.O. Box 13433, Phoenix, Arizona. Pink label with a… #2 Lightnin' Hopkins War Is Starting Again 1961 · Single · Got Me a Louisiana Woman / War Is Starting Again · Ivory # 91272 · USA
Credited on the record as Lightning Hopkins and His Guitar.
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Lightnin' Hopkins, born Sam Hopkins on 15 March 1912, in Centreville, Texas, recorded extensively from the 1940s-1970s, typically playing blues in the style that came out of his native Texas, like Blind Lemon Jefferson (acoustic / electric Texas blues). Often singing about topical events,…Notes
Ivory Records 91272B, 45 R.P.M.; "War Is Starting Again" (Hopkins - Semiens), 2:45, Allee Music Publ., BMI; "Lightning Hopkins and His Guitar". Label… #3 Phil Allen A Wish 1961 · Single · A Wish / Chestnuts Mister · Fargo # 1020 · USA
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Wish, A (Allen, Phil) Christmas. Cold War - pre-Vietnam
Peace message, to JFK, Kruschev, MacMillan, Castro, De Gaulle
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Fargo Records preview copy, record no. 1020 A, 45 R.P.M.; "A Wish" (Allen-O'Regan-Towns), time 2:18, Instant Music Co. Inc. (BMI); arranged by Chris… #4 William B. Williams A World to Grow Up In 1961 · Single · A World to Grow Up In / It's Christmas · Dual # 503 · USA
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- Christmas, traditional pop, narrative, peace, Cold War-era- Letter to Santa, new big war is coming
- New super bomb (atomic)
- Red Dual label 503 (MO8W…
1962
#5 Eddie Carson Bombs of Destruction 1962 · Single · Bombs of Destruction / Leave Me Alone · Versa # 1203 · USA
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Blues and soul artist Eddie Carson, born on 25 August 1923 in North Carolina, USA, and died on 29 May 1990 in Toledo, Ohio, USA, released the Cold War, atomic bomb-related song, "Bombs of Destruction" (Versa Recording # 1203), released in 1962 in the early Vietnam War period. According to… Notes
Versa Recording 1203 (102023, side A, MW889), stereo, green label, 2033 Dorr - Toledo, Ohio 43607; "Bombs of Destruction", 2:40, BMI-1462; Eddie Carson,… #6 Rob Townsend Christmas Message From Space 1962 · Single · Christmas Message From Space / The Night Before New Year's · Minaret # 106 · USA
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- Christmas novelty, spoken, peace/anti-war, Vietnam-era- Space race, Cold War, best rocker, atomic
- Minaret Records Record No. 106, Minaret Records Inc.,…
#7 Bob Dylan John Brown 1962 · Live · Live At The Gaslight 1962 · Columbia # A 96016 · USA
#8 Rob Townsend The Night Before New Year's 1962 · Single · Christmas Message From Space / The Night Before New Year's · Minaret # 106 · USA
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Minaret Records Record No. 106, Minaret Records Inc., Nashville, Tennessee; teal, white and black label with minaret logo; producer Herb Shucher; Chu-Fin… #9 The Goldcoast Singers Please Mr. Kennedy 1962 · Album · Here They Are! · World Pacific # WP-1806 · USA
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The Goldcoast Singers took a satirical approach to the draft, expressing their reluctance to head out to war in the song "Please Mr. Kennedy" (World Pacific Records # WP-1806). The duo met in 1959 while at college in Fresno, California, and formed the group soon after while studying in… #10 The Goldcoast Singers Royal Laotian Cha, Cha, Cha 1962 · Album · Here They Are! · World Pacific # WP-1806 · USA
#11 Johnny Cole War, No More 1962 · Single · War, No More / Love of Diane · Original Sound # OS-24 · USA
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Original Sound OS-24 (or-052), 8510 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 46, Calif., "Audition Copy - Not for Sale"; "War, No More" (Van Winkle - Darian), 2:21,…1963
#12 Pete Seeger The Willing Conscript 1963 · Album · Broadside Ballads Volume 2 · Folkways # FW05302 · USA
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Released in 1963 (Folkways Records # FW05302), on this album Seeger played songs that first appeared in Broadside Magazine. Produced by Sis Cunningham, the booklet said that "this banjo picker can tell you...there has been a flood of new songs written in the USA during the last… #13 The Dalton Boys Billy Don't Play the Banjo Anymore 1963 · Single · San Francisco Bay Blues / Billy Don't Play Banjo Anymore · Coral # 62353 · USA
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Coral Record No. 62353 (113,084), "Coral Records, Inc., New York, U.S.A., a subsidiary of Decca Records, Inc."; "Billy Don't Play the Banjo Anymore"… #14 Peter, Paul and Mary The Cruel War 1963 · Single · Stewball / The Cruel War · Warner Bros. # 5399 · USA
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The song Cruel War, The (Peter, Paul and Mary) (Warner Bros. Records # 5399)Contemporary folk. Plight of soldier, leans toward protest song.
"The cruel war is ragging, Johnny has to fight
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Warner Bros. 5399 (E12459), red arrows label, Warner Bros. Records, Inc., "A Subsidiary & Licensee of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.", made in U.S.A.; "The… #15 Bob Dylan John Brown 1963 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads: Vol. 1 · Broadside # BR 301 · USA
Credited on the record as Blind Boy Grunt.
#16 The Gateway Trio Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes 1963 · Single · Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes / Poor Man's Travelin' Blues · Capitol # 5045 · USA
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Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes (Gateway Trio, The) Folk-rock, plight, Vietnam-era.
Children and students sent to war, trained to kill.
References WW2 and…
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Capitol 5045 (45-50234), yellow-and-orange swirl label; "Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes" (Rod McKuen), 2:25, In Music Company, ASCAP; produced by Kermit…1964
#17 Phil Ochs Talking Vietnam 1964 · Album · All the News That's Fit to Sing · Elektra # EKL 269 · USA
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The track "Talking Vietnam" (Elektra Records # EKL-269) told the story of a US soldier sent to South East Asia to train the South Vietnamese. Ochs took a critical view of the US government's objectives - to establish an independent, non-communist South Vietnam: "sailing over to… #18 Gary Shearston It's On 1964 · Single · We Want Freedom / It's On · CBS # BA-221124 · Australia
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Contemporary folk artist Gary Shearston, born 9 January 1939 in Inverell, NSW, Australia. He died 1 July 2013, Tenterfield, NSW, Australia, prominent on the scene, who wrote and recorded many political, social, and economic protest songs. This included several Vietnam War-related songs: "T… #19 Buffy Sainte-Marie Universal Soldier 1964 · Album · It's My Way! · Vanguard # VRS-9142 · USA
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The song "Universal Soldier" , released in April 1964, and composed by Saint-Marie, is one of the most well-known and iconic anti-war song from the Vietnam War era - it was later covered by many artists, including Donovan and Glen Campbell. The song placed the blame for fighting on… Notes
Since the early 1960s, Sainte-Marie claimed to have been born on the Piapot Cree First Nations Reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada, and… #20 Kelly Brady The Cruel War 1964 · Single · The Cruel War / Five Hundred Miles · Columbia # 4-43077 · USA
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Columbia 4-43077 (JZSP 78048), white promotional label, "Not for Resale — Radio Station Copy", 45 RPM; "The Cruel War" (K. Brady), Pub: Montclare Music… #21 Mitchell Trio The Draft Dodger Rag 1964 · Album · The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio · Mercury # MG 20944 · USA
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Mercury Hi-Fidelity MG 20944, front cover titled "The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio" with three colour photographs of the members, captioned Chad, Joe… #22 The Kingston Trio Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream 1964 · Single · Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream / The Patriot Game · Capitol # 5132 · USA
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Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (Kingston Trio, The) Contemporary folk, anti-war.
I dreamed the end of war and a time of peace.
B-side: Irish…
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Capitol 5132 (45-50909), yellow-and-orange swirl label with the Capitol dome logo, in a Capitol company sleeve ("Printed in U.S.A."); "Last Night I Had… #23 Marty Cooper Clan Little Play Soldiers 1964 · Single · Little Play Soldiers / Gonna Move Away · Holiday # 1212 · USA
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Little Play Soldiers (Marty Cooper Clan, The) Pop. Marty Cooper born in Denver, Colorado. Based in California.
Vietnam-era - children play soldier with…
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Holiday Records 1212 (HY-45-107), blue fireworks label marked "Promotional Copy" and "Not for Sale"; "Little Play Soldiers" (Marty Cooper), 2:15, Little… #24 The Brothers Four Little Play Soldiers 1964 · Single · Little Play Soldiers / Take This Hammer · Columbia # 4-43147 · USA
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Little Play Soldiers (Brothers Four, The) Folk pop, leans anti-war. Religion
Children playing with toy soldiers. But men will die in a war
Vietnam-era
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Columbia 4-43147 (ZSP 78875), red label, 45 RPM; "Little Play Soldiers" (M. Cooper), 2:19; produced by Teo Macero. [From the record sleeve and labels] #25 Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde No Tears for Johnnie 1964 · Single · No Tears for Johnnie / A Summer Song · Lana # 146 · USA
Credited on the record as Chad Stewart and Jeremy Clyde.
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No Tears for Johnnie (Stuart, Chad and Jeremy Clyde) Folk pop / rock, patriotic
Johnnie off to war - shed no tears if he dies
Fighting for foreign glory.…
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World Artists 1027 (ZTSP 95106), World Artists Records, made in U.S.A.; "No Tears For Johnnie" (Tom Springfield), 2:18, Unart & Worart (BMI); credited to… #26 Malvina Reynolds Playing War 1964 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · USA
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Unreleased: Broadside No. 50 (22 September 1964) #27 The Highwaymen Universal Soldier 1964 · Single · Universal Soldier / I'll Fly Away · United Artists # UA 647 · USA
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United Artists UA 647 (ZTSP 87420), white "Disc Jockey — Not for Sale" label, United Artists Records, Inc., New York 19, N.Y., Made in U.S.A.; "Universal… #28 Various Artists Is Freedom Academic? A Documentary of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley - Fall 1964 1964 · Album · KPFA · USA
Credited on the record as No Artist.
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Spoken word recording of the famous Freedom of Speech Movement that took place at the University of California 1964-1965, dealing with current issues of the day, including Civil Rights and the Vietnam War. The anti-Vietnam War protest movement, which put pressure on the White House and…Notes
KPFA-Pacifica Foundation, no catalogue number (runouts KPFA-1964-1/2). Rally and sit-in at Sproul Hall, arrests, faculty and Academic Senate meetings,… #29 James Cagney, Kingston Trio Peace Corps Volunteers (Public Service Announcements) 1964 · Single · Volunteer Agency Young & Rubicam International # RL4H 5527 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. Public service announcement for the peace corps. Nurses, mechanics, graduates. Help solve problems across the… #30 The Free Speech Five Plus Four Joy to UC - Free Speech Carols 1964 · EP · Free Speech Movement # FSM-1 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]1965
- 2 March: US Rolling Thunder bombing campaign of North Vietnam kicks-off
- 8 March: Escalation of US combat troops in Vietnam
- 17 April: 20,000 attend anti-war demonstration in Washington D.C.
- 28 April: Australian PM Menzies sends battalion to South Vietnam
- 4 May: LBJ requests additional $700m for the war
- 5 May: Berkeley students burn draft cards at city's draft board
- 27 May: New Zealand PM Holyoake announces sending first troops to S. Vietnam
- 28 July: LBJ commits additional 50,000 troop to Vietnam
- 31 August: LBJ criminalizes destruction of draft card
- 27 November: March on Washington for Peace in Vietnam demonstration
- 28 November: Philippines announces sending troops to S. Vietnam
- 24 December: LBJ halts bombing campaign
- 31 December: US personnel in S. Vietnam total 184k+, up from 23k+ from a year earlier.
1965
#31 Country Joe & The Fish I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die-Rag 1965 · EP · Rag Baby Talking Issue No. 1 · Rag Baby # RAG 1001 · USA
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Country Joe & The Fish formed in 1965, in Berkeley, California, and featured Country Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, David Cohen, Chicken Hirsh, and Bruce Barthol. McDonald and Bill Belmont founded the label Rag Baby which issued a magazines / pamphlets containing an EP.1 The track "I Feel…Notes
The original recording. Side A of the split 7" EP Rag Baby Talking Issue No. 1 (Rag Baby RAG 1001, 33 rpm, limited edition, October 1965), with Peter Krug… #32 The Freedom Singers I'm a Demonstratin' G.I. From Fort Bragg 1965 · Album · The Freedom Singers Sing of Freedom Now! · Mercury # MG 20924 · USA
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Also known as The SNCC Freedom Singers, formed December 1962 in Albany, Georgia, USA, they performed Civil Rights and protest gospel and spiritual songs. Its members included Cordell Reagon (tenor), Rutha Mae Harris (soprano), Charles Neblett (bass vocals), Bernice…Notes
Mercury MG-20924, Monaural (back cover "SR 60924/MG 20924", front "Hi-Fidelity MG 20924"), red label, "Vendor: Mercury Record Corporation"; "I'm a… #33 Barry McGuire Eve Of Destruction 1965 · Single · Eve of Destruction / What Exactly's the Matter With Me · Dunhill # 45-D-4009 · USA
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The song "Eve of Destruction" (Dunhill Records # 45-D-4009), written by P.F. Sloan is a very topical, early protest song, looking at both the Civil Rights movement and war. It was one of the most commercially successful Vietnam songs, reaching #1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 on 25…Notes
UK pressing RCA Victor RCA 1469 (matrix 70800), "New Orthophonic" High Fidelity, ℗ 1965, "USA No.: D-4009", Dick James M. Ltd., N.C.B., "Produced by… #34–36 Tom Paxton Ain't That News 1965 · Album · Elektra # EKL 298 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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The song"Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" (Elektra Records # EKL 298), one of the key tracks of the anti-war movement, provides an important representation of the "credibility gap"- that the US executive / president mislead the public about the growing US military commitment to the… Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#34 Tom Paxton Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation 1965 · Album · Ain't That News · Elektra # EKL 298 · USA
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The song"Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" (Elektra Records # EKL 298), one of the key tracks of the anti-war movement, provides an important representation of the "credibility gap"- that the US executive / president mislead the public about the growing US military commitment to the… #35 Tom Paxton We Didn't Know 1965 · Album · Ain't That News · Elektra # EKL 298 · USA
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Also on this album, the song "We Didn't Know" contained a verse on Vietnam that dealt with the "credibility gap". It presented a "puzzled voter" watching President Johnson on TV, explaining the threat of communism in Vietnam, and the need to "keep South Asia free" . The voter blindly… #36 Tom Paxton The Willing Conscript 1965 · Album · Ain't That News · Elektra # EKL 298 · USA
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The song "Willing Conscript" (Elektra Records # EKL-298) took a satirical approach to the draft, with sharp lyrics about a draftee off to war, who needed to learn how to kill: "I'll need instruction, sergeant, for I've never killed before" . The lyrics and notation of the song first… #37 Michael Nesmith The New Recruit 1965 · Single · The New Recruit / A Journey With Michael Blessing · Colpix # CP-787 · USA
Credited on the record as Michael Blessing.
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Michael Blessing - otherwise known as Michael Nesmith from the group The Monkees, born on 30 December 1942 in Houston, Texas, USA, and currently based in California - performed as a solo artist on this 1965 single. The track "The New Recruit" (Colpix Records # CP-787) was a cover of the To…Notes
Song is a cover of Tom Paxton's Willing Conscript. Colpix Records CP-787 (10314), "A division of Columbia Pictures Corporation", New York; "The New… #38 Phil Ochs I Ain't Marching Anymore 1965 · Single · I Ain't Marching Any More / That Was the President · Elektra # EKSN 45002 · USA
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The song"I Ain't Marching Anymore" (Elektra Records # EKSN 45002) cataloged a series of US military interventions. The narrator concluded that war was futile, and thus, taking an anti-war stance, declared that he would not be marching off to war. Also of significance, the chorus… Notes
Elektra EKSN 45-002 A, 4-prong centre single label; "I Ain't Marching Any More" (Ochs), Phil Ochs; publisher Harmony Music Ltd. [From the record sleeve… #39–60 Phil Ochs I Ain't Marching Anymore 1965 · Album · Elektra # EKS 7287 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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The song "Draft Dodger Rag" , on the album I Ain't Marching Anymore (Elektra Records # EKS 7287), a satirical anti-war song that became an anthem of the peace movement in the 1960s, reached a more mainstream audience than other contemporary folk anti-war tracks, and several artists covered…Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#39 Phil Ochs Days of Decision 1965 · Album · I Ain't Marching Anymore · Elektra # EKS 7287 · USA
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As suggested from the title of this song, "Days of Decision" , on the album I Ain't Marching Anymore (Elektra Records # EKS 7287) appears to be an answer or closely related theme to McGuire's "Eve of Destruction": "lookin' for an answer they're never gonna find... these are the days of… #40 Phil Ochs Draft Dodger Rag 1965 · Album · I Ain't Marching Anymore · Elektra # EKS 7287 · USA
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The song "Draft Dodger Rag" , on the album I Ain't Marching Anymore (Elektra Records # EKS 7287), a satirical anti-war song that became an anthem of the peace movement in the 1960s, reached a more mainstream audience than other contemporary folk anti-war tracks, and several artists covered… #60 Phil Ochs Draft Dodger Rag 1965 · Album · I Ain't Marching Anymore · Elektra # EKS 7287 · USA
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The song "Draft Dodger Rag" , on the album I Ain't Marching Anymore (Elektra Records # EKS 7287), a satirical anti-war song that became an anthem of the peace movement in the 1960s, reached a more mainstream audience than other contemporary folk anti-war tracks, and several artists covered… #41 Denis Gibbons National Service Blues (Draft Dodger Blues) 1965 · Single · National Service Blues (Draft Dodger Blues) / Oleanna · W&G # WG-S-2594 · Australia
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Folk musician Denis Gibbons, born 1932 in Port Elliot, South Australia. He released the song "National Service Blues (Draft Dodger Blues)" (W & G Records # WG-S-2594), a cover of the Phil Ochs novelty about avoiding the draft. According to Warren Fahey, Australian folklore collector and… #42 Richard Kaye Here Comes Uncle Sam 1965 · Single · Here Comes Uncle Sam / Where's My Little Sister · ABC-Paramount # 10728 · USA
Credited on the record as Richie Kaye.
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The song"Here Comes Uncle Sam" (ABC-Paramount # 10728), written, produced, and performed by Richie Kaye, and released in Hollywood, California, USA, was a garage rock song looking at the draft. It leaned towards the anti-war category. The song is narrated in the first person, from a man… Notes
ABC-Paramount 10728 (45-12798), white promotional label marked "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale"; "Here Comes Uncle Sam" (Richie Kaye), 3:15, Greenleaf… #43 The Boss Five Please Mr. President 1965 · Single · Please Mr. President / You Cheat Too Much · Impact # 1003 · USA
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A garage rock band based in Detroit, Michigan, The Boss Five released the song "Please Mr. President" (Impact Records # 1003), in which the narrator opposed the draft so that he could "see the world" and "know a woman's love" . So he pleaded with the president, and questioned why he needed… Notes
Impact Records 1003, white "Disc Jockey" / "Not for Sale" label; "Please Mr. President" (P. Jerome-D. Goodman), 2:15, Gomba Music Inc. BMI, matrix… #44 Gary Shearston Twenty Summers 1965 · Album · Australian Broadside · CBS # BP-233186 · Australia
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Contemporary folk artist Gary Shearston, born 9 January 1939 in Inverell, NSW, Australia. He died 1 July 2013, Tenterfield, NSW, Australia. This album, recorded in 1965 in Sydney, Australia, and produced by Sven E. Libaek (CBS # BP-233186), contained two anti-war songs related to the… #45 Ken Mansell The S.S. Vancouver 1965 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Australian contemporary folk artist Ken Mansell, active in the protest and labour movement in Melbourne, in the 1960s and 70s. He later wrote several scholarly articles about the history of the movement, including "The Yeast Is Red: A History of the Bakery (Off-Campus Centre of the Monash… #46 Emanuel Laskey I'm a Peace Loving Man 1965 · Single · I'm a Peace Loving Man / Sweet Lies · Thelma # T-108 · USA
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The song "I'm a Peace Loving Man" (Thelma Record Company # T-108) by the Detroit soul singer Emanuel Laskey (1945-2006) is a peace song. Laskey called for an end to the war because he wanted to marry his girl - in other words, he did not want to leave his life in the US. The narrator said… Notes
Thelma Record Co., 6519 Grand River, Detroit, Michigan, T-108A (HJC 701), black label with silver print; "I'm a Peace Loving Man" (Don Juan Mancha), BMI,… #47 Mick Softley The War Drags On 1965 · Album · Songs for Swingin' Survivors · Columbia (EMI) # 33SX 1781 · UK
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In Britain the Labour government (led by Prime Minister Harold Wilson) continually refused the US government's request to send troops to Vietnam. The British public opposed the war, and the country's role in the Malaysian Confrontation and East of Suez economically restricted the… #48–91 Donovan The Universal Soldier 1965 · EP · Pye # NEP 24219 · UK
All 4 songs from this ep in the archive are in this collection
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Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1060s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here…Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#48 Donovan Universal Soldier 1965 · EP · The Universal Soldier · Pye # NEP 24219 · UK
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This EP, Universal Soldier (Pye Records # NEP 24219), includes four Vietnam War songs: "Ballad of a Crystal Man" , discussed immediately below, as well as two songs about war in general - "Do You Hear Me Now" from the 1965 album Bert Jansch and "Universal Soldier" by Buffy Sainte-Marie…Notes
Pye Extended Play NEP.24219 (sleeve NEP 24219, monaural), "Recording first published 1965", pink Pye labels, made in England.Side 1: Universal Soldier…
#89 Donovan The Ballad Of A Crystal Man 1965 · EP · The Universal Soldier · Pye # NEP 24219 · UK
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Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1060s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here…Notes
Mono, solid centre. First cat# on label (NEP.24219), second on cover (NEP 24219); 'Extended Play' printed on left side of labels. Several UK… #90 Donovan Do You Hear Me Now 1965 · EP · The Universal Soldier · Pye # NEP 24219 · UK
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Mono, solid centre. First cat# on label (NEP.24219), second on cover (NEP 24219); 'Extended Play' printed on left side of labels. Several UK… #91 Donovan The War Drags On 1965 · EP · The Universal Soldier · Pye # NEP 24219 · UK
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Mono, solid centre. First cat# on label (NEP.24219), second on cover (NEP 24219); 'Extended Play' printed on left side of labels. Several UK… #49 三船和子 (Kazuko Mifune) ベトナムの赤い月 1965 · Single · ベトナムの赤い月 (The Red Moon of Vietnam) / 世界連邦・太平音頭 · Minoruphone # MA-1 · Japan
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The anti-war / peace song "トナムの赤い月" ( "The Red Moon of Vietnam" ) (Minoruphone Records # MA-1) by 三船和子 [Kazuko Mifune], which featured in the 1965 Japanese Vietnam War movie 動乱のベトナム [Vietnam in Turmoil]. Composed by 遠藤実 [Minoru Endo]. Lyrics by Masao Nakayama, which referenced Buddhist… Notes
Featured in the 1965 Japanese Vietnam War movie 動乱のベトナム [Vietnam in Turmoil] Minoru Phone MA 001 (PS-0002), stereo, 33⅓ rpm, "聴いて楽しい・歌って楽しい・伴奏つきレコード" (a… #50 浦島みつ子 [Mitsuko Urashima] ベトナム哀歌 (Vietnamese Lament) 1965 · Single · ベトナム哀歌 / 悲恋街道 · Teichiku # SN-259 · Japan
Credited on the record as 浦島みつ子.
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Mitsuko Urashima, also known as Sugata Noriko, born 16 October 1946 in Tokyo, Japan, released her debut single "ベトナム哀歌" ( "Vietnamese Lament" ) (Teichiku Records # SN-259), an anti-war / peace song, which noted the tragedy of Vietnam's decent into war: "the nostalgic Mekong, now it's a… #51 毎日放送ベトナム特別取材班 [Mainichi Broadcasting Vietnam Special Reporting Team] ベトナムの戦乱 (1A) [War in Vietnam] – サイゴン・クーデター実況 [Saigon coup, live] 1965 · Compilation · 月刊朝日ソノラマ 1965年5月号 特集／ベトナムの戦乱 [Asahi Sonorama No. 65, May 1965 – Special: War in Vietnam] · Asahi Sonorama # 65 · Japan
Credited on the record as 毎日放送ベトナム特別取材班.
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1A. 19 Feb 1965 Saigon coup live; press conferences of Col. Phạm Ngọc Thảo and Gen. Nguyễn Chánh Thi; exclusive interview with PM Phan Huy Quát 月刊朝日ソノラマ… #52 毎日放送ベトナム特別取材班 [Mainichi Broadcasting Vietnam Special Reporting Team] ベトナムの戦乱 (1B) [War in Vietnam] – 韓国支援軍のサイゴン到着 [Korean support troops arrive in Saigon] 1965 · Compilation · 月刊朝日ソノラマ 1965年5月号 特集／ベトナムの戦乱 [Asahi Sonorama No. 65, May 1965 – Special: War in Vietnam] · Asahi Sonorama # 65 · Japan
Credited on the record as 毎日放送ベトナム特別取材班.
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1B. Gen. Nguyễn Khánh's handover ceremony as armed-forces commander (live); arrival of the South Korean support force in Saigon (live) with the Korean and… #53 Central Choir 我らの行く手に勝利あり [Victory Lies Ahead of Us] 1965 · EP · 平和のうたごえを１０００万人にひろげよう １５ ベトナム特集 [Let's Spread the Voice of Peace to 10 Million People 15 – Vietnam Special] · Center [Tokyo] # Sonopiece 15 · Japan
Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.
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A3. 1965 Japanese solidarity song with Vietnam (Nagoya Dentsu poet, Osaka newspaper-worker composer): rain on Vietnam, poison gas, bombing of the North;… #54 毎日放送ベトナム特別取材班 [Mainichi Broadcasting Vietnam Special Reporting Team] ベトナム戦線を行く (1A) [Going to the Vietnam Front] – サイゴン大学学生自治会と仏教徒の抗議集会／17度線（ベン・ハイ河）の実況 1965 · Compilation · 月刊朝日ソノラマ 1965年6月号 特集／ベトナム戦線を行く [Asahi Sonorama No. 66, June 1965 – Special: Going to the Vietnam Front] · Asahi Sonorama # 66 · Japan
Credited on the record as 毎日放送ベトナム特別取材班.
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1A. Live sound: Saigon University student union and Buddhist protest rally; the 17th parallel at the Bến Hải river 月刊朝日ソノラマ 6月号 No. 66 ("Asahi Sonorama… #55 毎日放送ベトナム特別取材班 [Mainichi Broadcasting Vietnam Special Reporting Team] ベトナム戦線を行く (1B) [Going to the Vietnam Front] – ベトコン掃討戦従軍の実況 1965 · Compilation · 月刊朝日ソノラマ 1965年6月号 特集／ベトナム戦線を行く [Asahi Sonorama No. 66, June 1965 – Special: Going to the Vietnam Front] · Asahi Sonorama # 66 · Japan
Credited on the record as 毎日放送ベトナム特別取材班.
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1B. Live sound embedded with ARVN and US advisers on a Viet Cong sweep (Tây Ninh, Mar 1965) 月刊朝日ソノラマ 6月号 No. 66 ("Asahi Sonorama No. 66 June 1965"), price… #56 Donovan The Little Tin Soldier 1965 · Single · The Little Tin Soldier / Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) · Hickory # 45-1375 · UK
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UK/US. Anti-war allegory written by Shawn Phillips; Donovan's Hickory single, the US coupling from the Fairytale album.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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US Hickory promotion copy 45-1375 (matrix 45-F-PY153), white promo label, Manger Music Co. Inc. BMI, 2:58, "(Shawn Phillips)", "A Pye Records U.K.… #57 Donovan The Ballad of a Crystal Man 1965 · Single · Remember the Alamo / The Ballad of a Crystal Man · Pye # 7N 17088 · UK
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The song "Ballad of a Crystal Man" (Pye Records # 7N 17088) featured on the album Fairytale (Pye Records # NPL 18128). Through a series of verses it pointed out possible hypocrisies in US government policy, ending with the line: "I don't want your freedom in a lie" . Released in several… #58 J.B. Lenoir Vietnam 1965 · Album · Alabama Blues · CBS # 62593 · USA
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Despite J.B. Lenoir's laid back acoustic blues style, during his 1960s period he wrote and played many angry political songs about racism and war - a pioneer of the protest movement. Born in Monticello, Mississippi in 1929, he worked with Elmore James in New Orleans, before moving to… #59 J.B. Lenoir Vietnam Blues 1965 · Album · Down in Mississippi · L+R # LR 42.012 · USA
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The song "Vietnam Blues" , another blues song by J.B. Lenoir about the Vietnam conflict. Originally recorded on 2 September 1966 at Sound Studio, Chicago, Illinois, for the German recorded producers Horst Lippman and Johannes Rau, under the supervision of the bluesman Willie Dixon. It… #61 Amedeo Merli Quando il fronte era fronte 1965 · EP · Sul fronte del Viet Nam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 57 · Italy
Credited on the record as Various Artists.
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Italian and Vietnamese folk musicAnti-war.
All songs.
Tribute to Ho Chi Minh
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I Dischi del Sole DS 57 (Edizioni del Gallo, Milan; Collezione internazionale, 17 cm, 33 rpm; November 1965; graphics Collettivo Comunicazioni Visive,… #62 Sound Effects Spari 1965 · EP · Sul fronte del Viet Nam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 57 · Italy
Credited on the record as Various Artists.
Annotation: see “Quando il fronte era fronte” above (same release).
#63 Danny Mote Are They Really Free 1965 · Single · Are They Really Free / Merry Merry Christmas · Opal # NR 5242 · USA
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Are They Really Free (Mote, Danny) Country.
Narrator a soldier - fought for freedom, but back at home there is inequality and low wages
So he questioned whether they were really free.
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Opal NR 5242, light-blue label; "Are They Really Free" (D. Mote), Howl Music, BMI, time 2:21. [From the record sleeve and labels] #64 The Gas Co. Blow Your Mind 1965 · Single · Blow Your Mind / Your Time's Up · Mirwood # 5501 · USA
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- "Blow Your Mind" (The Gas Co.)- Garage rock, protest
- Too young to vote, but old enough to fight - draft inequality
- Also reference moon race and hippies
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#65 The Starfires Cry for Freedom 1965 · Single · Cry for Freedom / Won't Die Away · G.I. # 404 · USA
#66 The Moonshiners Draft Dodger Rag 1965 · Single · Draft Dodger Rag / Morning Dew · Village Gate # VLG 104 · USA
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Village Gate Records VLG 104, red "Promotional Copy" label, matrix 6337, "Distributed by Bell Records Inc. 1776 Broadway, N.Y.C."; "Draft Dodger Rag"… #67 Don Crawford The Eagle Must Stand 1965 · Single · The Eagle Must Stand / Do It Over Again · Valiant # V-731 · USA
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Valiant Records V-731, "A subsidiary of Four Star Television", white "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale" pressing; "The Eagle Must Stand" (Don Crawford),… #68 J.B. Lenoir Everybody Is Crying About Vietnam 1965 · Album · Bye Bye, Bird...Solo Blues · Scout # SC-1 · USA
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The song "Everybody Crying About Vietnam" (Scout # SC-1) by J.B. Lenoir - an alternative version of "Vietnam Blues" - recorded live during a European tour with the American Folk Blues Festival, October 1965, in Hamburg, Germany. However, it looks like the producers and record label… #69 Leon Russell Everybody's Talking 'Bout the Young 1965 · Single · Everybody's Talking 'Bout the Young / It's Alright With Me · Dot # 45-16771 · USA
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Dot 45-16771 (MB-20229), Ultra High Fidelity black label, dated 8-65; "Everybody's Talking 'Bout the Young" (L. Russell, T. Lesslie, J. Cale), time 1:46,… #70 Branch Douglas Fare Thee Well 1965 · Single · Fare Thee Well / Stranger (To My Brothers) · ABC-Paramount # 10733 · USA
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Fare Thee Well (Douglas, Branch) Folk rock, anti-war.
They say that victory will make everybody free
But I saw a 17 year old boy shot dead
Will the world…
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ABC-Paramount 10733 (45-12817), "Promotional Copy – Not for Sale" white label; "Fare Thee Well" (Doug Lapham), time 2:37, Pamco Music–Jonathan Glenn Music… #71 The Answers Fool Turn Around 1965 · Single · Fool Turn Around / Please Please Go Away · Blue Boy # G-21001 · USA
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- Both sides- "Fool Turn Around" (Answers, The)
- "Please Please Go Away"
- Garage rock.
- Blue Boy Records G-21001, 45 RPM, blue-and-silver label; "Fool…
#72 Pee Wee King I Am Praying for the Day When Peace Will Come 1965 · Single · I Am Praying for the Day When Peace Will Come / Danny Boy · Cuca # J-1247 · USA
Credited on the record as Pee Wee King and His Band.
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I Am Praying for the Day When Peace Will Come (King, Pee Wee) Country - praying for peace. Sweetheart and family waiting.
Protect the soldier now…
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Cuca J-1247, Side 1, matrix SK5M-6335, black label with sombrero logo; "I Am Praying for the Day When Peace Will Come" (King-Williams), 2:48, Acuff-Rose… #73 Rob Townsend The Last Foxhole 1965 · Single · The Last Foxhole / Camp Meeting U.S.A. · Tempwood # 45-2416 · USA
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Last Foxhole, The (Townsend, Rob) Country, soldier's perspective, leans anti-war
Fighting in WW2 against Japan in my foxhole.
Then came the Korean war
Now…
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Tempwood Record No. 45-2416 (SoN 24161), white "Promotional Copy" label, "Dist. by Sound of Nashville, Inc., 160 2nd Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn."; "The Last… #74 Tommy Faile Little Brother 1965 · Single · Little Brother / End of the Line · Silver Star [Nashville] # 1005 · USA
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Little Brother (Faile, Tommy) Song poem label?
Country, home front perspective
Little brother, 17, went to war
Didn't want to fight, but he said that…
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Silver Star Record No. 1005 (SoN 28521), blue label, Silver Star Record Co., 810 Church St., Nashville, Tenn.; "Little Brother" (D. Devaney), BMI - 2:35,… #75 The Rouzan Sisters Men of War 1965 · Single · Men of War / Dance Every Dance · Frisco # 113 · USA
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Men of War (Rouzan Sisters, The)Frisco Records, Inc. # 113
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.1
Wanda Rouzan (also released Vietnam song: Here's a Letter From Home), Barbara Rouzan, Laura Rouzan
Anti-war. Soldier boy theme.
Soul.
"Men of war, please spare my lover and all other
Vietnam War: Soul,…
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Frisco Records, Inc. 113 (178-1470), light-blue label, N.O. 70130; "Men of War" (Al Reed), 3:00, Frisco-Chervalin, BMI; "Distributed by Dover Records,… #76 Eddy's Groop A Message to the World 1965 · Single · So Fine / A Message to the World · B.T. Puppy # 45-510 · USA
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Message to the World, A (Eddy's Group)Notes
B.T. Puppy Records Record No. 45-510 (BTP 121), white label marked "Advance Release, Disc-Jockey Record, Not for Sale"; "A Message to the World" (Margo,… #77 Gene McKown Peace Corps 1965 · Single · Peace Corps / Keeper of Heartaches · Sims # 228 · USA
#78 Al Perry Plea for Reason 1965 · Single · Plea for Reason / Doctor Happy · Tower # 186 · USA
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Plea for Reason (Perry, Al) Spoken-word country/pop.
Anti-bomb (atomic), nuclear nightmare.
General peace, Cold War, Vietnam-era.
Barry McGuire themed…
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Tower 186 (45-60291), orange label, "Mfd. in U.S.A."; "Plea for Reason" (Al Perry), 2:28, Central Songs, Inc. BMI; produced by Cliffie Stone. In a Tower… #79 The Roemans Universal Soldier 1965 · Single · Universal Soldier / Lost Little Girl · ABC-Paramount # 45-10723 · USA
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ABC-Paramount 45-10723 (AMP 45-12780), black label with the multicoloured ABC-Paramount logo; "Universal Soldier" (Buffy Sainte Marie), time 1:58,… #80 Bobby Jameson Viet Nam 1965 · Single · Viet Nam / Metropolitan Man · Mira # 208 · USA
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The song "Vietnam" (Mira Records # 208).Also on the 1968 various artist compilation Mondo Hollywood (Tower Records # T 5083)
Psychedelic garage rock.…
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Mira Records 208 (65-1034-A), white label marked "Promotional copy" and "Not for sale"; "Viet Nam" (B. Jameson - B. Hines), time 2:46, Keymen… #81 B.J. Thomas & The Triumphs Vietnam 1965 · Single · Keep It Up / Vietnam · Joed # TR-119 · USA
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B.J. Thomas, born 7 August 1942 in Hugo, Oklahoma, USA, and died on 29 May 2021 in Arlington, Texas, USA, spent most of his career in Texas. Usually known as a country pop artist, he released the garage rock song "Vietnam" (Joed Records # TR-119), a rare single released in Big Spring,… Notes
Joed TR 119 (45-119-2), "A Zenith Production"; "Vietnam" (Mark Charron), time 1:56, Hornet Music (BMI); A & R Ray Rush; credited "B. J. Thomas & The… #82 The Teachers We Ain't At War 1965 · Single · We Ain't at War / Summer's Over · ABC-Paramount # 10727 · USA
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The song "We Ain't at War" (ABC-Paramount # 10727)Anti-war.
Pennsylvania rock band, formed in West Chester. Led by Bob Fanelli.12
And nothing more, of course I was, we ain't at war"
Annotation by…
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ABC-Paramount 10727 (45-12787), white promotional label marked "Promotional Copy" and "Not For Sale"; "We Ain't At War" (Weiss - DeAngelis), 2:52, Damian… #83 Russ Damon Who's Right, Who's Wrong (Where Does the Blame Belong) 1965 · Single · Who's Right, Who's Wrong (Where Does the Blame Belong) / (I'll Give You) Tender Lovin' Care · Musicor # MU 1133 · USA
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Musicor Records MU 1133 (ZTSP 106319), white promotion copy marked "Not for Sale"; "Who's Right, Who's Wrong (Where Does the Blame Belong)" (R. Damon),… #84 Buzz and Joey The Willing Conscript 1965 · Single · The Willing Conscript / Bullgine Run · Sara # J-65112 · USA
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Red Sara label J-65112, Side 1, SK5M-6165; "The Willing Conscript" (Paxton), 2:36, Copyright Control. [From the record sleeve and labels] #85 George Maharis A World Without Sunshine 1965 · Single · A World Without Sunshine / Ivy · Epic # 5-9858 · USA
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White Epic "Radio Station Copy", 45 RPM, 5-9858 (JZSP 111826); "A World Without Sunshine" (P. Vance - L. Pockriss), time 2:05, publisher Robbins Music… #86 Jerry Dayton Who's Wrong 1965 · Single · Who's Wrong / Loving You · Ascot # AS 2200 · USA
#87 The Norfolk Singers Nasho Service 1965 · Single · Nasho Service / Bonnie Jess · CBS # BA-221156 · Australia
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Based in Sydney, Australia, The Norfolk Singers featured Terry Rouhan (vocals), Dave McNamee (guitar), and Brian Stitt (banjo). They released a couple of rare singles, including one of the earliest Vietnam War draft songs, the satirical track "Nasho Service" (CBS # BA-221156), one of the… Notes
One of the earliest Australian draft songs; "Nasho" = National Service. Produced by Sven Libaek; April Music; matrix MX145551. CBS BA-221156, 45, matrix… #88 Doug Ashdown Universal Soldier 1965 · Album · This Is Doug Ashdown · CBS # BP 233283 · Australia
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Singer/songwriter / pop folk artist, born in 1942, Adelaide, Australia. He covered of the famous contemporary folk anti-war song "Universal Soldier" (CBS # BP 233283), composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie, and released on her 1964 album It's My Way!. Covered by dozens, if not hundreds, of… #92 Phil Ochs Draft Dodger Rag 1965 · Live · Newport Folk Festival 1964: Evening Concerts, Vol. 1 · Vanguard # VRS-9184 · USA
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Vanguard VRS-9184, "Newport Folk Festival, 1964 Evening Concerts, Vol. 1", side B track 3, 2:15; live at the Newport Folk Festival, 1964. [From Discogs] #93 Dave Mandel Battle of Berkeley Talking Blues 1965 · Album · FSM's Sounds & Songs of the Demonstration! · Free Speech Movement # FSM-4 · USA
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This record (# FSM 004LP) included songs written by students about the Free Speech Movement (FSM) and its activities in October 1964 at the University of California, Berkeley (check out the FSM Digital Library). A dispute broke out between the Faculty and the students over the right to…Notes
Free Speech Movement FSM-4. Side A: the Sproul Hall sit-in, the arrest of Jack Weinberg and speeches from the top of the police car; side B: songs by FSM… #94 M.S. Arnoni A Manifesto of Belief in Man: A Speech on Vietnam and America 1965 · Album · A Manifesto of Belief in Man: A Speech on Vietnam and America · The Minority of One # TMO-8301 · USA
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A speech titled "A Manifesto of Belief in Man" , delivered at the University of California at Berkeley, on 15 October 1965, by M.S. Arnoni, the editor of the pacifist, anti-Vietnam War magazine Minority of One - its mission statement said: "An independent monthly for an American…
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TMO-8301 A/B, 33 1/3 rpm; delivered at the University of California at Berkeley on October 15, 1965; by M. S. Arnoni, editor of The Minority of One, an… #95 Various Artists Emergency Rally on Vietnam 1965 · Album · Not On Label # XTV 106757 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. "The Vietnam War escalates: an early critic of armed intervention, SANE organizes an Emergency Rally on Vietnam… #96 The Kingston Trio Little Play Soldiers 1965 · Single · I'm Going Home / Little Play Soldiers · Decca # 31730 · USA
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Little Play Soldiers (Kingston Trio, The) Contemporary folk, anti-war, Vietnam-era. Children playing war with toy guns. But real wars are waiting for you.…1966
- 11 February: Johnson announces 200,000 troop increase
- 19 March: South Korea sends another 20,000 troops
- 1 September: French President de Gaulle denounces the war
- 31 December: US military personal in Vietnam reaches 385,300
1966
#97–106 Jacqueline Sharpe No More War 1966 · Album · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
All 10 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Born Jacqueline Steiner (11 September 1924) in New York, USA, she was an American folk singer and social activist who played an active part in the 1950s and 1960s folk scene, collaborating with Pete Seeger on the 1954 album Hootenanny Tonight! (under her married name Jackie Berman). In… #97 No More War #98 Cardboard Apples #99 Chant for the Murdered #100 Drum Majorette #101 Honor Our Commitment #102 Love Song #103 Lullaby #104 Mind Your Manners, Boys #105 To the Right - March! #106 When I Was a Young Thing
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#97 Jacqueline Sharpe No More War 1966 · Album · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
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Born Jacqueline Steiner (11 September 1924) in New York, USA, she was an American folk singer and social activist who played an active part in the 1950s and 1960s folk scene, collaborating with Pete Seeger on the 1954 album Hootenanny Tonight! (under her married name Jackie Berman). In…Notes
Title track (A6, 2:41 on RYM) of the 12-track LP Cutty Wren CWR-101, 1966, arrangements Walter Raim. [From Rate Your Music] #98 Jacqueline Sharpe Cardboard Apples 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#99 Jacqueline Sharpe Chant for the Murdered 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#100 Jacqueline Sharpe Drum Majorette 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#101 Jacqueline Sharpe Honor Our Commitment 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#102 Jacqueline Sharpe Love Song 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#103 Jacqueline Sharpe Lullaby 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#104 Jacqueline Sharpe Mind Your Manners, Boys 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#105 Jacqueline Sharpe To the Right - March! 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#106 Jacqueline Sharpe When I Was a Young Thing 1966 · Album · No More War · Cutty Wren # CWR 101 · USA
Annotation: see “No More War” above (same release).
#107 The Fugs Kill for Peace 1966 · Single · Kill for Peace / Morning Morning · ESP-Disk # 4508 · USA
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The Fugs, a garage rock band formed in New York in 1964 by "beat" poets Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders, took their name from the euphemism for "fuck" used by Norman Mailer in his book The Naked and the Dead. The group also featured Pete Stampfel and Steve Weber (of the band The Holy Modal…Notes
ESP-Disk' 4508A, Fugs-logo label, ESP-Disk', 180 Riverside Dr., New York 10024, N.Y.; "Kill for Peace" (Tuli Kupferberg), copyright © 1966 United… #108 The Fugs Doin' All Right 1966 · Album · The Fugs · ESP-Disk # 1028 · USA
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This album, which included "Kill for Peace" discussed above, also featured the song "Doin' All Right" (ESP-Disk' # 1028) which made a crass reference to the Vietnam war, refusing to fight, and instead, to stay at home: "I'm not ever gonna go to Vietnam, I prefer to stay right here and… #109 The Monks Complication 1966 · Album · Black Monk Time · Polydor # 2417129 · Germany
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Another garage rock band, The Monks, formed in 1964, were discharged American GIs stationed in Germany. They previously went under the name The 5 Torquays. Featuring Gary Burger (guitar, vocals), Larry Clark (organ), Dave Day (banjo), Roger Johnston (drums), and Eddie Shaw (bass), they… #110 The Monks Monk Time 1966 · Album · Black Monk Time · Polydor # 2417129 · Germany
Annotation: see “Complication” above (same release).
#111 Pete Seeger The Draft Dodger Rag 1966 · Single · The Draft Dodger Rag / Guantanamera · Columbia # 4-43699 · USA
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On this single Pete Seeger covered the song "Draft Dodger Rag" (Columbia Records # 4-43699), composed by Phil Ochs, using a banjo. It featured on the album Dangerous Songs!? (CBS # 62751). In the song, Ochs listed every conceivable excuse available for somebody to avoid the draft. But… Notes
Columbia 4-43699, red label, 45 RPM, matrix JZSP 114551; "The Draft Dodger Rag" (P. Ochs), 2:08; accompanied by Fred Hellerman on vocal and guitar;… #112 Pete Seeger King Henry 1966 · Album · Dangerous Songs!? · CBS # 62751 · USA
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Less well-known anti-war / protest from Seeger, the song "King Henry" on Dangerous Songs!? (CBS # 62751). It featured in Broadside Magazine # 58 under the title "I Mind My Own Business" , p. 4. Seeger noted: "the quote in the 5th verse is from an actual letter from a US 'adviser' to his…Notes
Also known as "I Mind My Own Business", Broadside Magazine # 58 #113 Pete Seeger Beans in My Ears 1966 · Album · Dangerous Songs!? · CBS # 62751 · USA
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The song "Beans in My Ears" , also on Dangerous Songs!? (CBS # 62751) - originally written by Len Chandler - member of the The Broadside Singers, and one of the magazine's editors. It appeared in volume # 45. Seeger added a verse at the end, to criticize President Lyndon B. Johnson, with a… #114 Badger King Napalm Blues 1966 · Single · Napalm Blues / Drownin' Rain · Union of Man · USA
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Badger King, born Michael Lynn Coelho on 3 January 194 in Fresno, California, USA, and died 12 April 1987.12 A contemporary folk artist, who participated in anti-Vietnam War demonstrations in the 60s, released the blues style song "Napalm Blues" about chemical weapon Napalm B - a jellied… Notes
Union of Man, 45 RPM; "Napalm Blues" (B. King), time 1:45. Plain yellow label with no catalogue number or publisher printed. [From the record sleeve and… #115 Bob Withers What the - - - (Is a Going On in Washington) 1966 · Single · What the... (Is a Going On in Washington) / She'll Chume Back · Nugget # NR 247 · USA
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The country song "What the..." (Is a Going on in Washington)" (Nugget Records # NR 247) by Bob Withers is narrated from the position of a soldier in the war zone: "here I sit in Vietnam". Leaning towards the anti-war side, the soldier pondered: "why I was sent half around this world to… Notes
Nugget NR-247 (SoN 27831), Plug Side; "'What the - - -' (Is a Going On in Washington)" (B. Withers), 2:38, Lonzo & Oscar Music—BMI; Bob Withers; "A Jack… #116 Gary Shearston The Lost Soldier 1966 · Album · Sings His Songs · CBS # BP-233320 · Australia
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Contemporary folk artist Gary Shearston, born 9 January 1939 in Inverell, NSW, Australia. He died 1 July 2013, Tenterfield, NSW, Australia. He released the 1965 album Australian Broadside, which contained two Vietnam War songs: "Twenty Summers" and "The Conscription Romp". On this album… #117 Willow Mackey Ballad of William White 1966 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · New Zealand
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Contemporary folk artist Willow Macky, born 25 June 1921 in New Zealand. She died 10 December 2006. She wrote the song "Ballad of William White" (1966), which was unrecorded, but featured in the "The Vietnam Songbook", published by Irwin Silber and Barbara Dane in 1969, who both also… Notes
Unrecorded, lyrics featured in "The Vietnam Songbook" #118 Trevor Lucas It's On 1966 · Album · Overlander · Reality # RY 1002 · Australia
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Contemporary folk artist Trevor Lucas, born 25 December 1943 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He died on 4 February 1989 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. This album featured the anti-war song "It's On" (CBS # BA-221124), composed by Don Henderson, who wrote many Vietnam War-related songs,… #119 Kaj Chydenius John F. Vuorinen (Vietnam-Laulu 1) 1966 · Album · Lauluja · Love # LRLP 1 · Finland
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Album credited under Kaj Chydenius, born on 16 October 1939 in Kuusankoski, Kymenlaakso, Finland, known for Schlager - "(loosely translated as "hit") is a style of Pop prevalent mainly in parts of Northern and Central Europe. Very conservative and light in nature, Schlager songs are… #120 Kaj Chydenius Gordon (Vietnam-Laulu 2) 1966 · Album · Lauluja · Love # LRLP 1 · Finland
Annotation: see “John F. Vuorinen (Vietnam-Laulu 1)” above (same release).
#121 Ferre Grignard We Want War 1966 · Single · Ring Ring I've Got to Sing / We Want War · Philips # 319870 BF · Belgium
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Ferre Grinard, Skiffle artist born (13 March 1939) and died (8 August 1982) in Antwerpen, Belgium, released the contemporary protest song "We Want War" (Philips # 319870 BF) recorded in English.1 The lyrics had a sarcastic tone, suggesting that "we want another war... that's what we're… #122 マイク眞木 [Mike Maki] ベトナムの空 (Vietnam Sky) 1966 · Single · 波と木彫りのクマ / ベトナムの空 · Philips # SFL-1051 · Japan
Credited on the record as マイク眞木.
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Anti-war song "ベトナムの空" ( "Vietnam Sky" ) (Philips # SFL-1051), composed by songwriter 日高義 (Yoshi Hidaka), and here performed by Mike Maki, born on 27 April 1944 in Tokyo, Japan. The song also featured on his 1966 album Folk Album No. 2. Also note the more well-known version of this song,… Notes
Philips SFL-1051, Hi-Fi Stereo 45, side 2 (JWM-5003), manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Yokohama; "ベトナムの空" (words and music 日高義 [Yoshi Hidaka]),… #123 Judith Reyes Cancion para un nino de Viet-Nam 1966 · EP · Los restos de don porfirio / Cancion para un nino de Viet-Nam · Not On Label · Mexico
Credited on the record as Judith Reyes y su Guitarra.
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Political activist and musician Judith Reyes, born 22 March 1924, in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, she died on 27 December 1988. The track "Cancion para un niño de Vietnam" , which means "Song for a Child From Vietnam" takes an anti-war position, looking at the Vietnamese perspective,… Notes
33 R.P.M. 7-inch with three songs: Lado A "Los restos de don Porfirio" (jácara); Lado B "Canción para un niño de Viet-Nam" (canción de cuna) and… #124 Son of Mississippi The Voice of Alabama 1966 · Single · Flight NAACP 105 / The Voice of Alabama · Reb Rebel # 500 · USA
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Racist group, on the Crowley, Louisiana-based record label Reb Rebel - which contained an image of the confederate flag on its standard 7" releases. Founded by J.D. Miller - he was a self-proclaimed segregationist. Despite, this, he owned an interracial studio band, and recorded many…Notes
Rebel label, No. 500, Side 2, white label with blue print; "The Voice of Alabama" (J. Norris), Son of Mississippi; Jamil Music, P.O. Box 769, Crowley,… #125 The Ram Ram Go-Go Biz. Man Vietnam Cries U.S.A. 1966 · Single · Vietnam Cries U.S.A. / It's Nice to Be Home · Halagala # HG 30 · UK
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A British ska anti-war song from 1966 called "Vietnam Cries U.S.A." (Halagala # HG 30) which pleaded with President Johnson to stop the war: "we don't want no war in this world Mr. Johnson...stop bombing Vietnam" . Released on the rare, obscure British reggae label Halagala, formed by Terry…Notes
Halagala HG 30 AE, yellow and green label, 45 R.P.M., (P) 1966, "Copy-R.C."; "Vietnam Cries U.S.A." (Nel Fraser), credited to The Ram Ram Go-Go Biz. Man.… #126 Simon & Garfunkel 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night 1966 · Album · Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme · Columbia # CS 9363 · USA
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The song "7 O'Clock News / Silent Night" is the well known Christmas hymn with a monologue of the news bulletin from 3 August 1966 played in the background. It included several references to Vietnam, in particular a speech by Richard Nixon. Officially out of politics since losing the 1960… #127 Clem Parkinson Kevin Conway 1966 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Clem Parkinson, contemporary folk artist, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He wrote the song "Kevin Conway" , about the first Australian casualty in the Vietnam War. Conway, born 11 December 1928, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, was a Warrant Officer Class 2, with the Australian… #128 James D. Holcomb March of Protest 1966 · Single · March of Protest / The Cold, Cold War · Not On Label · USA
Credited on the record as J. D. Holcomb & W. W. Anderson.
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Demonstration pressing, "For Demonstration Purposes Only", 45 RPM, no label name; singers J. D. Holcomb and W. W. Anderson; words and music by James D.… #129 Central Choir 日本―ベトナム [Japan–Vietnam] (日本・ベトナム友好大衆歌曲) 1966 · EP · 平和のうたごえを１０００万人にひろげよう １８ ベトナム特集 NO.2 [Let's Spread the Voice of Peace to 10 Million People 18 – Vietnam Special No. 2] · Center [Tokyo] # Sonopiece 18 · Japan
Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.
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A1. 1st prize (from 107 lyrics, 93 tunes) in the Japan–Vietnam friendship song contest held for the Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble's visit;… #130 Central Choir 南ベトナムからの手紙 [Letter From South Vietnam] 1966 · EP · 平和のうたごえを１０００万人にひろげよう １８ ベトナム特集 NO.2 [Let's Spread the Voice of Peace to 10 Million People 18 – Vietnam Special No. 2] · Center [Tokyo] # Sonopiece 18 · Japan
Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.
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B3. A young South Vietnamese fighter writes to his mother: "drive out the pack of wolves, beat back the American soldiers".Written summer 1965 for the 1st…
#131 芥川隆行 [Takayuki Akutagawa] メコン河も泣いている [The Mekong River Is Crying] 1966 · Single · 一本の針 / メコン河も泣いている · Minoruphone # KA-58 · Japan
Credited on the record as 芥川隆行.
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The B-side, "メコン河も泣いている" ( "The Mekong River Is Crying" ) was a narration with background music, from 芥川隆行 [Takayuki Akutagawa], a well-known radio announcer in Japan. It presented the Vietnamese perspective under war: "sky is constantly roaring... bombardment was so intense" . It argued "we… Notes
a well-known radio announcer in Japan Minoru Phone KA-58, stereo, 45 rpm, red label, "Mfd. by Minoruphone Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan"; side PS-0145 ©'66… #132 北山和子 [Kazuko Kitayama] 一本の針 [Needle] 1966 · Single · 一本の針 / メコン河も泣いている · Minoruphone # KA-58 · Japan
Credited on the record as 北山和子.
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Double-sided anti-war Vietnam single. The first song "本の針" ( "Needle" ) (Minoruphone Records # KA-58) was performed by 北山和子 [Kazuko Kitayama] in the Kayōkyoku genre - "a Western-influenced vocal Pop music which was popular in Japan during the latter period of the Shōwa era, approximately… #133 Junior Wells Vietcong Blues 1966 · Single · Chicago / The Blues / Today! Vol. 1 · Vanguard # VRS-9216 · USA
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Junior Wells, born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. (1934-1998) in Memphis Tennessee, moved to Chicago in the late 1940s and based his career in the Chicago soul scene, well-known for his vocals and harmonica. The song "Vietcong Blues" (AMIGA # 4 50 599) by Junior Wells expressed sympathy for… #134 Roy Orbison There Won't Be Many Coming Home 1966 · Single · There Won't Be Many Coming Home / Going Back to Gloria · MGM # K13760 · USA
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The track "There Won't Be Many Coming Home" (MGM Records # K13760), originally written for the American Civil War, evolved into a song about war in general. However, its release coincided with the Vietnam War, and thus many people interpreted it as a Vietnam song. Orbinson said that: "It'…Notes
MGM K13760 (CS9-5 Record Number 5) (N50,212), yellow "Special Disc Jockey Record — Not for Sale" label, 45 R.P.M.; "There Won't Be Many Coming Home"… #135 The Reactors 1-A 1966 · Single · Do That Thing / 1-A · Cameo # C-446 · USA
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Cameo C-446-B, "D.J. copy, not for sale", Cameo-Parkway Records, Inc.; "I — A" (B. Walker, D. Gumms), Bears and Bulls Music, BMI, time 2:34; "A Rodel… #136 The Hopeful 6 O'Clock News (America the Beautiful) 1966 · Single · 7 O'Clock News (Silent Night) / 6 O'Clock News (America the Beautiful) · Mercury # 72637 · USA
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Mercury 72637, produced by Artie Kornfeld. "7 O'Clock News (Silent Night)" (YW1-39092), adapted by P. Simon, Electric Music (BMI), 1:54, newscast by Frank… #137 The Hopeful 7 O'Clock News (Silent Night) 1966 · Single · 7 O'Clock News (Silent Night) / 6 O'Clock News (America the Beautiful) · Mercury # 72637 · USA
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Mercury 72637, produced by Artie Kornfeld. "7 O'Clock News (Silent Night)" (YW1-39092), adapted by P. Simon, Electric Music (BMI), 1:54, newscast by Frank… #138 Mitch and Gail Blame It on the Times 1966 · Single · Friends and Enemies / Blame It on the Times · Reprise # 520 · USA
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Reprise 0520 (J4263), white label marked "Promotion — Not for Sale", "Made in U.S.A. · Warner Bros. Records, Inc."; "Blame It on the Times (We're Livin'… #139–178 Various Artists Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam 1966 · Album · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
All 14 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Comedy, spoken-word. note: catalogue songs.
#139 Bob Parris #150 Dick Gregory #151 Dr. Benjamin Spock #156 I.F. Stone #157 Isaac Deutscher #163 M.S. Arnoni #164 Mario Savio #169 Norman Mailer #171 Paul Krassner #172 Paul Potter #173 Professor Aaron Wildavsky #174 Professor Staughton Lynd #175 Robert Scheer #178 Senator Ernest Gruening
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#139 Bob Parris Bob Parris 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #150 Dick Gregory Dick Gregory 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Comedy, spoken-word. note: catalogue songs.
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #151 Dr. Benjamin Spock Dr. Benjamin Spock 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #156 I.F. Stone I.F. Stone 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #157 Isaac Deutscher Isaac Deutscher 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
Credited on the record as Issac Deutscher.
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #163 M.S. Arnoni M.S. Arnoni 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #164 Mario Savio Mario Savio 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #169 Norman Mailer Norman Mailer 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #171 Paul Krassner Paul Krassner 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #172 Paul Potter Paul Potter 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #173 Professor Aaron Wildavsky Professor Aaron Wildavsky 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #174 Professor Staughton Lynd Professor Staughton Lynd 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #175 Robert Scheer Robert Scheer 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #178 Senator Ernest Gruening Senator Ernest Gruening 1966 · Album · Berkeley Teach-in: Vietnam · Folkways # FW05765 · USA
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Folkways Records FD 5765, "© Copyright 1966 Folkways Records and Service Corporation", 165 W. 46th St., N.Y.C.; "Voices and Documents", recorded at the… #140 David Clayton-Thomas Brain Washed 1966 · Single · Brain Washed / Barbie-Lee · Roman # DR-1105 · Canada
Credited on the record as David Clayton Thomas & The Bossmen.
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- The song "Brain Washed" (David Clayton-Thomas)- Roman Records DR-1105 (DR1-1105), "Recorded in Canada", "Distributed in Canada by Capitol Records of…
#141 Gianni Morandi C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones 1966 · Single · C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones / Se perdo anche te · RCA Italiana # PM45 3375 · Italy
Credited on the record as Gianni Morandi; Ennio Morricone, il suo complesso e "I Cantori Moderni" di Alessandroni.
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C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones (Morandi, Gianni)Italian. Anti-war
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RCA Italiana PM45-3375 (matrix RKAW 23327), Ed. RCA/BIEM, produced by Franco Migliacci; the label credits the song to Migliacci–Lusini and the backing to… #142 Canzoniere Internazionale A chi chiama... 1966 · Single · A chi chiama... / Li abbiam chiamati gli alleati · Canzoniere Internazionale dell'Armadio # CIAR 0001 · Italy
Credited on the record as Canzoniere Internazionale dell'Armadio: Elena Morandi, Roberto Orano, Juan Antonio Antequera, Leoncarlo Settimelli.
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CIAR 0001 "Due canzoni per la pace contro l'aggressione americana nel Vietnam – Roma 27 marzo 1966": both songs by Settimelli, sung by Elena Morandi and… #143–147 Luigi Malatesta Intermezzi: Jazz 1966 · Single · SR # SR 01 · Italy
All 5 songs from this single in the archive are in this collection
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Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Sermi # SR 04
Italian. Jazz.
#143 Conflict in Vietnam: Deportazione #144 Conflict in Vietnam: Fermenti #145 Conflict in Vietnam: Grande muraglia #146 Conflict in Vietnam: Orde #147 Conflict in Vietnam: Vietcong
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#143 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Deportazione 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy
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Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Sermi # SR 04
Italian. Jazz.
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Also known as J. D'Ardena #144 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Fermenti 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy
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Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Sermi # SR 04
Italian. Jazz.
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Also known as J. D'Ardena #145 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Grande muraglia 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy
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Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Sermi # SR 04
Italian. Jazz.
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Also known as J. D'Ardena #146 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Orde 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy
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Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Sermi # SR 04
Italian. Jazz.
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Also known as J. D'Ardena #147 Luigi Malatesta Conflict in Vietnam: Vietcong 1966 · Single · Intermezzi: Jazz · SR # SR 01 · Italy
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Conflitto nel Vietnam deportazione (Brugnolini, Alessandro)Vietcong (Brugnolini, Alessandro)
Sermi # SR 04
Italian. Jazz.
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Also known as J. D'Ardena #148 Stringbean Crazy Viet Nam War 1966 · Single · Crazy Viet Nam War / Hey Old Man (Can You Play a Banjo) · Starday # 752 · USA
Credited on the record as Stringbean and His 5 String Banjo.
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Starday 752 (7886), 45 RPM, yellow and black sunburst label, "From Nashville, Tennessee — The Musical Heart of America"; "Crazy Viet Nam War" (D. Akeman),… #149 Ellen van Eijk De kinderen van Vietnam [Children of Vietnam] 1966 · Single · De kinderen van Vietnam / Little Ranger · Omega [Netherlands] # 35.487 · Netherlands
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"De Kinderen van Vietnam" - "The Children of Vietnam" Born 26 September 1948, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Label: ORS Productions, DU 20169; BIEM. Omega 35.487 (DU 20169), BIEM, ORS Productions; the label titles the song "Kinderen van Vietnam" (C. v.… #152 Don Wright and The Head Set Draft Dodger Blues 1966 · Single · Draft Dodger Blues / Why Did You Lie? · Spectre # ES 137 - 138 · USA
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Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#153 Terry Teene The Fighting Machine 1966 · Single · The Fighting Machine / We're Gonna Put Iowa on the Map · Cartwheel [La Puente] # CW-109 · USA
Credited on the record as Terry Tenne.
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Cartwheel Records CW-109-A, 826 Rama Drive, La Puente, California 91746, © 1966; "The Fighting Machine" (Tim Dinkins), Cartwheel Music, B.M.I., 2:10;… #154 The Reason Why The Game of War 1966 · Single · Johnny Come Home / The Game of War · Cha Cha # 843C-780 · USA
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Cha Cha Records, Chicago, Ill.; 843C-780 (Z4KM-2931), Side 2, red label; "The Game of War" (Dino Perelli & Gerald Myroup), publisher Don-Del Music, BMI,… #155 Sharon Gilbert I Wonder What Would Happen 1966 · Single · I Wonder What Would Happen / Where the Lonely's Go · Seven B # 7004 · USA
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I Wonder What Would Happen (Gilbert, Sharon) Folk rock, Vietnam-era protest
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Settle problems without fighting. World may be…
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Seven B 7004, side 219-1768, pale blue label; "I Wonder What Would Happen" (Adams, Theriot, Oropeza), White Cliffs, BMI, time 2:28; producer Sunshine… #158 Millie Credit Jim in Viet Nam 1966 · Single · Jim in Viet Nam / Little Bitty Clock · Walker # SI-117 · USA
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In the song "Jim in Viet Nam" (Walker Records # SI-117), the obscure country singer Millie Credit narrated the track from the perspective of a soldier's sweetheart. She told the full story of their experience - how they were in love and planned a future together. But then a "message came… Notes
Walker Records SI-117-A (SoN 30522), yellow label; "Jim in Viet Nam" (Millie Credit), Mitten Music, BMI, time 2:35; produced by Stanley P.; "© 1966 Sound… #159 Rick Shorter Last Thoughts of a Young Man 1966 · Single · City Women / Last Thoughts of a Young Man · Columbia # 4-43571 · USA
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Anti-war, Killed in action (K.I.A.)Psychedelic pop
So hard on a mother - her only son
So hard on the young woman - her sweetheart
Now he's a soldier, they…
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Columbia 4-43571 (JZSP 113506), white "Not for Resale – Radio Station Copy" 45 rpm label; "Last Thoughts of a Young Man" (R. Shorter), publisher E.B.… #160 Billy Smith Letter to the President 1966 · Single · Jack O' Diamonds # 1001 · USA
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Letter to the President (Billy Smith) Country narration. Patriotic, and peace. Also Christmas.
Letter from a soldier to the president.
Proud to fight for…
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Jack O'Diamonds 1001 (SoN 39621), gold label, 1314 Pine St., Nashville, Tenn., marked "Not For Sale"; "Letter to the President" (Alex Zanetis), 2:00,… #161 Canzoniere Internazionale Li abbiam chiamati gli alleati 1966 · Single · A chi chiama... / Li abbiam chiamati gli alleati · Ciar # Ciar-0001 · Italy
Credited on the record as Canzoniere Internazionale dell'Armadio.
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The song "Li abbiam chiamati gli alleati" A chi chiama
To whoever calls - we answer no. For war - we answer no, and it is useless to count on us to start over. Nucleur bases - we answer no. Polaris missiles - we answer no. And if the Yankee will put us on his side - we answer no. To whoever…
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CIAR 0001, red label headed "Due canzoni per la pace contro l'aggressione americana nel Vietnam – Roma 27 marzo 1966", "Diritti riservati", "Marchio… #162 Ellen van Eijk Little Ranger 1966 · Single · De kinderen van Vietnam / Little Ranger · Omega [Netherlands] # 35.487 · Netherlands
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Omega 35.487 (DU 20170), blue label, BIEM; "Little Ranger" (Fr. Lambrecht-Luman); ORS Productions. Rim text: "Unauthorised public performance broadcasting… #165 Bus Brown Mr. L.B.J. 1966 · Single · Mr. L.B.J. / When the Lady Sings the Blues (In Memoir to Billy Holiday) · Burman # B0001 · USA
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Civil Rights, Vietnam War, pro-LBJNotes
Burman Records B0001 A, cream label; "Mr. L. B. J." (Brown & Burman), Gent's Pub. Co., BMI, 2:53; arranged by Yusef Salim; recorded by Bradley Recording… #166 Malvina Reynolds Napalm 1966 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · USA
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Unreleased: Sing Out!, Volume 15(6) (1966), p. 21 #167 Ian Whitcomb No Tears for Johnny 1966 · Single · No Tears for Johnny / Be My Baby · Tower # 189 · USA
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Pop rock, anti-war.Fight for god and freedom, Johnny gone to war.
If many die, we'll send in a hundred more.
You're gonna die, no tears for Johnny
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Tower 189 (45-60258), "Mfd. in U.S.A."; "No Tears For Johnny" (Springfield), 2:34, Cheshire Music, Inc. (BMI); produced by Jerry Dennon for Jerden Music.… #168 Rudy Assuntino, Ivan Della Mea, Silvia Malagugini, Cati Mattea & Michele L. Straniero Noi lo chiamiamo Vietnam 1966 · Single · Noi lo chiamiamo Vietnam / Inno del F.L.N. del Sud Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 204 · Italy
Credited on the record as Rudy Assuntino, Ivan Della Mea, Silvia Malagugini, Cati Mattea, Michele L. Straniero.
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Notes
Noi lo chiamiamo Vietnam (Various Artists)Inno del F.L.N. del Sud Vietnam (Various Artists)
Italian, anti-war
"Noi lo chiamiamo Vietnam" lyrics1:
Mentre fai la tua scalata, vecchio Sam che cosa vedi? Cosa vedi? Cosa vedi? Cosa vedi da lassù. C'è una terra ormai bruciata dove sei passato…
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I Dischi del Sole DS 204 (204/A), "Micro 45 giri", red and white sun-logo label, "Diritti riservati"; "Noi lo chiamiamo Vietnam" (musica di Fiorenzo… #170 Johnny Cash The One on the Right Is on the Left 1966 · Single · The One on the Right Is on the Left / Cotton Pickin' Hands · Columbia # 4-43496 · USA
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One on the Right Is on the Left, The (Cash, Johnny)Country, anti-protest, anti-folk
Keep you politics out of songs
One of the members of the group draft
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Columbia 4-43496 (ZSP 112665), 45 RPM, red label; "The One on the Right Is on the Left" (J. H. Clement), 2:46; produced by Don Law & Frank Jones. [From… #176 Terry Randall S.O.S. 1966 · Single · S.O.S. / Tell Her · Valiant # V-756 · USA
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- Garage rock, protest, demonstration- Also known as Randy Benjamin
#177 Jaap van der Merwe Scherven voor Vietnam 1966 · Single · Scherven voor Vietnam / De ballade van Hugo de Groot · Delta [Netherlands] # DS 1212 · Netherlands
#179 Gary & Charles Signs of the Times 1966 · Single · Patty Ann / Signs of the Times · Trine # NR-1564-2 · USA
Notes
Sign of the Times (Gary & Charles) Folk rock. Anti-war, protest.
Louisiana, USA.
Notes
Trine Records NR-1564-2, black label, stereo, (504) 357-0903; "Signs of the Times" (G. Filroy & C. Williams), Versatile Music-BMI, 2:58. [From the record… #180 Bob Linkletter The Final Season 1966 · Single · The Out Crowd / The Final Season · Chattahoochee # CH 702 · USA
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- Garage rock, released Los Angeles, California.- A-side: anti-hippie
- B-side: response to McGuire's "Eve of Destruction"
- young men sent to war to learn…
#181 Malvina Reynolds The Saigon Children 1966 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · USA
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Unreleased: Broadside # 70 #182 Burl Ives The Sixties 1966 · Single · The Sixties / Don't Forget Your Paddle-O · Decca # 31918 · USA
Annotation
Burl Ives - contemporary folk, novelty artist, born 14 June 1909 in Hunt City, Illinois, USA. Died 14 April 1995 in Anacortes, Washington, USA. The song "The Sixties" (Decca Records [USA] # 31918), a novelty track about the 1960s, looking at hippie counter-culture and protest movements,… Notes
Decca 31918 (116,938), pink promotional label marked "Promotion Copy – Not For Sale"; "The Sixties" (Boudleaux Bryant), 2:34, Acuff-Rose Publ., Inc.… #183 Sylvia Maddox Viet Nam Blues 1966 · Single · Got to Be Free / Viet Nam Blues · Duke # 408 · USA
Annotation
The track "Viet Nam Blues" appears to be the only single by the obscure R&B / soul singer Sylvia Maddox. Released on the Memphis, Tennessee label Duke Records (#408) in 1966, the song expressed a mother's loneliness, because "Uncle Sam has taken my baby...to Vietnam" .Annotation by Justin…
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Duke 408 (UV 7227), orange label, 45 RPM; "Viet Nam Blues" (S. Crite), 2:30, Don Music Co., BMI. [From the record sleeve and labels] #184 The Thorndike Pickledish Pacifist Choir Viet Nama Mama 1966 · Single · Viet Nama Mama / Walter Wart the Freaky Frog · Absurd # 304 · USA
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Absurd Records 304, white label with the psychedelic Absurd logo; "Viet Nama Mama" (Robert O. Smith), monologue, time 2:12, copyright 1966; "the Voices of… #185 Johnny Hoes Vietnam 1966 · Single · Vietnam / Martin Luther King · Telstar # TS 1219 TF · Netherlands
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Born19 April 1917, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Died
23 July 2011, Weert, Limburg, Netherlands
#186 Lars-Gunnar Bodin & Bengt Emil Johnson Vietnam 1966 · Album · Semikolon · Sveriges Radio # RELP 5016 · Sweden
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Vietnam (Bodin, Lars-Gunnar Bodin & Bengt Emil Johnson)Swedish, European. Electronic / experimental. Anti-war.
#187 Boudewijn de Groot Welterusten, mijnheer de president 1966 · Single · Welterusten, mijnheer de president / Vrijgezel · Decca # AT 10198 · Netherlands
Annotation
The song Welterusten, Mijnheer de President (Groot, Boudewijn) Born
20 May 1944, Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Currently
Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
12
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English
Mr President, good night
Sleep well in your beautiful White House
Don't think too much about all those distant shores
Where your boys sit, lonely, far from home
Above all don't think about those forty-six dead
That mistake the other day with that bombing
And forget the fourth of those ten commandments
Which as a good Christian you surely know
Don't think about all those young soldiers at the front
Dying lonely in the far tropical night
Let that soft pacifist clique talk
Mr President, sleep tight
Just dream of triumph and of victory
Just dream of your beautiful ideal of peace
That has never yet been won by bloody murder
Just dream that this time you will succeed
Don't think about all those people perishing
How many women, how many children have been murdered
Just dream that you will come out on top
And don't believe a word of all that opposition
Bayonets with bloodied hilts
Keep watch far from here at your command
For the glory and the honour of the free West
Mr President, sleep tight
Don't be too alarmed when in your dreams
You see all those innocent victims standing
Who died in the fighting over there
And ask you how much longer this must go on
And slowly you too will surely come to know
That there are people who are sick of violence
Who do not forget the blood and the misery
And for whom a human life still counts
Don't dream too much of all those dead people
Just dream sweetly of victory and power
Don't think about all those wishes for peace
Mr President, sleep tight
Dutch
Mijnheer de president, welterusten
Slaap maar lekker in je mooie witte huis
Denk maar niet te veel aan al die verre kusten
Waar uw jongens zitten, eenzaam, ver van thuis
Denk vooral niet aan die zesenveertig doden
Die vergissing laatst met dat bombardement
En vergeet het vierde van die tien geboden
Die u als goed christen zeker kent
Denk maar niet aan al die jonge frontsoldaten
Eenzaam stervend in de verre tropennacht
Laat die weke pacifistenkliek maar praten
Mijnheer de president, slaap zacht
Droom maar van de overwinning en de zege
Droom maar van uw mooie vredesideaal
Dat nog nooit door bloedig moorden is verkregen
Droom maar dat het u wel lukken zal dit maal
Denk maar niet aan al die mensen die verrekken
Hoeveel vrouwen, hoeveel kinderen zijn vermoord
Droom maar dat u aan het langste eind zult trekken
En geloof van al die tegenstand geen woord
Bajonetten met bloedige gevesten
Houden ver van hier op uw bevel de wacht
Voor de glorie en de eer van het vrije westen
Mijnheer de president, slaap zacht
Schrik maar niet te erg wanneer u in uw dromen
Al die schuldeloze slachtoffers ziet staan
Die daarginds bij het gevecht zijn omgekomen
En u vragen hoe lang dit nog zo moet gaan
En u zult toch ook zo langzaamaan wel weten
Dat er mensen zijn die ziek zijn van geweld
Die het bloed en de ellende niet vergeten
En voor wie nog steeds een mensenleven telt
Droom maar niet te veel van al die dooie mensen
Droom maar fijn van overwinning en van macht
Denk maar niet aan al die vredeswensen
Mijnheer de president, slaap zacht
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#188 The P.C. Three What Are Bombs and Guns Made For 1966 · Single · What Are Bombs and Guns Made For / This Man Kennedy · Cardinal [Columbus] # 520 · USA
Notes
What Are Bombs and Guns Made For (The P.C. Three) This Man Kennedy (The P.C. Three)
Contemporary folk. Columbus, Ohio, USA.
A-side: Liberty is worth…
Notes
Cardinal Records No. C-520 (HR-1069A, OM-17303); "What Are Bombs and Guns Made For" (Paul C. Reed), 1:55, Assisi Music Pub. Co., BMI; Cardinal Records,… #189 Hermione Baddeley What Do the Little Children Do 1966 · Single · What Do the Little Children Do / We Wonder · Fábor # 148 · USA
Notes
What Do the Little Children Do Traditional pop, anti-war, 'toy soldier' theme
First bow & arrows, knives, cannon, guns, Atomic power.
We need a society…
Notes
Fábor 148-a, black label with silver print, P.O. Box 1487, Burbank, California; "What Do the Little Children Do" (Wes McWain), 3:05, Fabor Publishing Co.… #190 Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος [Dionysis Savvopoulos] Βιετνάμ γιε-γιε [Vietnam Brother and Sister] 1966 · Single · Βιετνάμ γιε-γιε / Οι παλιοί μας φίλοι · Lyra # LS 1220 · Greece
Credited on the record as Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος.
Notes
Greek, anti-warNotes
Lyra LS 1220 (matrix L 10536, 25776-1158-66), grey Lyra label, BIEM, made in Greece: "Ὁ Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος μὲ τὴν κιθάρα του στὸ τραγούδι του: Βιετνάμ… #191 Unknown Artist Onward Conscript Soldiers 1966 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
Notes
Anonymous, to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers"; read out in Federal Parliament on 21 April 1966 and printed in the book Conscription Yes or No.… #192 Георгий Грамматчиков [Georgy Grammatchikov] Пламя Вьетнама. Записи с поля боя (The Flame of Vietnam: Recordings from the Battlefield) 1966 · Single · Кругозор №6 / 1966 · Кругозор # 27 · Russia
Credited on the record as Георгий Грамматчиков, корреспондент Всесоюзного радио.
Notes
Released in the USSR. Track A1: Пламя Вьетнама. Записи с поля боя ("The Flame of Vietnam: Records From the Battlefield")Notes
Krugozor was a Soviet monthly magazine with bound-in flexi-discs; this is No. 6 of 1966 (catalogue number 27 = cumulative issue number).… #193 Various Artists Viet Nam: Voices of Policy and Protest 1966 · Album · Rostrum # RD-100 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] Rostrum, 153 East 57th Street, New York, New York. [From the Rate Your… #194 Kenny Solms The Great Society Affair 1966 · Album · Our Wedding Album or the Great Society Affair · Jamie # JLPM 3028 · USA
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LBJ comedy Track B5 - reference to Vietnam protesters, the draft [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #195 Jimmy Strickland Letter to the President 1966 · Single · Letter to the President / If You Talk in Your Sleep · Arlingwood # ARW-2366 · USA
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Country narration, home front perspective. Leans anti-war I'm at the White House sorting through mail, letter from a mother. Wondering if she will see her… #196 Robert de Vries Luchtbrug naar het leven: Robert de Vries leest uit "Kinderen" van Simon Carmiggelt 1966 · Single · Luchtbrug naar het leven: Actie ter redding van kinderen uit Vietnam · Dankers # RC 155 · Netherlands
Credited on the record as Robert de Vries leest uit "Kinderen" van Simon Carmiggelt.
Notes
Dutch spoken word - to raise money for children in Vietnam.Charity record.
Air Bridge To Life: Robert De Vries Reads From Children Of Simon Carmiggelt
Actie…
Notes
"Aktieplaat Luchtbrug naar het Leven — actie ter redding van kinderen uit Vietnam": Dankers N.V. (Coolsingel, Rotterdam) RC 155, 45 rpm, sold at f 3.50…1967
- 13 February: US resumes bombing campaign of the North
- 22 February: Beginning of largest US offensive - Operation Junction City
- 8 March: Congress authorises $4.5 billion for the war
- 4 April: Martin Luther King anti-war speech
- 15 April: Mass anti-war demonstrations in New York ad other cities, attended by King
- 30 June: US troop levels reach 448,800
- 21 October: March on the Pentagon
- 31 December: 485,600 US troops in Vietnam
1967
#197 Richie Havens Handsome Johnny 1967 · Album · Mixed Bag · Verve # 2317 002 · USA
Annotation
American folk singer and guitarist, Richie Havens, born on 21 January 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, USA (he died on 22 April 2013 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA) wrote the anti-war song "Handsome Johnny" (Verve Forecast # FTS-3006) which looked at how different weapons had been used… Notes
MGM K14141 (100,820), yellow "Special Disc Jockey Record" label marked "Not for Sale"; "Handsome Johnny" (Gossett-Havens), Unart Music, BMI, 3:52; "Prod.… #198–209 Bill Frederick Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement 1967 · Album · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
All 12 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
The track "The Dean Rusk Song" particularly stands out on the album, with several aspects of the war contained within its versus. At the end of the song Frederick strongly mocks the US government's role in Vietnam: "we will teach the reds a lesson...stop attacking our marines...and don't… #198 Hey, Hey, L.B.J. #199 The Dean Rusk Song #200 Hitler Ain't Dead #201 Quiet Sound #202 Ship Ahoy #203 And Freedom Too #204 Empty #205 Exploitation Blues #206 Hands Off #207 How Far Have We Come #208 Just Another Day #209 R. and R.
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#198 Bill Frederick Hey, Hey, L.B.J. 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation
A collection of 12 anti-war songs (Crisis Records # LP-001) from 1967 written and performed by Bill Frederick aka Fred Stanton, from Philadelphia. The songs are strongly focused on attacking Lyndon B. Johnson. Frederick, well-known on the New York folk scene in the 1960s, had 12 songs… Notes
Crisis Records, 1610 Wandering Drive, Monterey Park, Calif.; front cover titled "Hey, Hey... LBJ! and other Songs of the U.S. Antiwar Movement sung by… #199 Bill Frederick The Dean Rusk Song 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation
The track "The Dean Rusk Song" particularly stands out on the album, with several aspects of the war contained within its versus. At the end of the song Frederick strongly mocks the US government's role in Vietnam: "we will teach the reds a lesson...stop attacking our marines...and don't… Notes
Crisis Records, 1610 Wandering Drive, Monterey Park, Calif.; front cover titled "Hey, Hey... LBJ! and other Songs of the U.S. Antiwar Movement sung by… #200 Bill Frederick Hitler Ain't Dead 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation
Frederick took a hard-line with LBJ in the song "Hitler Ain't Dead" , comparing him to Hitler!: "There's an army marching in the world today...Christian and pure, fresh and clean...just a few more reds to exterminate...a few more dollars that have to be made" . This one appeared in Broadsid…Notes
Crisis Records, 1610 Wandering Drive, Monterey Park, Calif.; front cover titled "Hey, Hey... LBJ! and other Songs of the U.S. Antiwar Movement sung by… #201 Bill Frederick Quiet Sound 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#202 Bill Frederick Ship Ahoy 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#203 Bill Frederick And Freedom Too 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#204 Bill Frederick Empty 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#205 Bill Frederick Exploitation Blues 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#206 Bill Frederick Hands Off 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#207 Bill Frederick How Far Have We Come 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#208 Bill Frederick Just Another Day 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#209 Bill Frederick R. and R. 1967 · Album · Hey, Hey LBJ: Songs of the US Antiwar Movement · Crisis # LP-001 · USA
Annotation: see “Hitler Ain't Dead” above (same release).
#210 Pete Seeger Waist Deep in the Big Muddy 1967 · Single · Waist Deep in the Big Muddy / Down By the Riverside · Columbia # 4-44273 · USA
Annotation
The song "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" (Columbia Records # 4-44273) was about a platoon crossing a Louisiana river in 1942, which dangerously got deeper and deeper until the captain drowned. Only then did the platoon turn around. This song was symbolic of the Vietnam War and Lyndon…Notes
Columbia 4-44273, white "Not for Resale — Radio Station Copy" pressing; "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" (P. Seeger), 2:54, matrix JZSP 119552, publisher… #211 Pete Seeger Down By the Riverside 1967 · Single · Waist Deep in the Big Muddy / Down By the Riverside · Columbia # 4-44273 · USA
Annotation
The A-side, "Down By the Riverside" , was often used as an anti-war, and Civil Rights song during the 1960s period.1 It also featured on the 1967 album Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (Columbia Records # CS 9505). Sources
Annotation by…
Notes
Columbia 4-44273, white "Not for Resale — Radio Station Copy" pressing; "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" (P. Seeger), 2:54, matrix JZSP 119552, publisher… #212 Tom Parrott The Freedoms We've Been Fighting For 1967 · Compilation · 'Broadside Ballads, Vol. 4: The Time Will Come and Other Songs from Broadside Magazine' · Broadside # BR 306 · USA
Annotation
Artist background
Tom Parrott, born in Washington D.C., USA, in 1944, a prominent member of the contemporary folk scene in the 1960s, wrote many political songs addressing the Vietnam War, such as the song"The Freedoms We've Been Fighting For" (1967), the song"Hole in the Ground" (1968),…Notes
Broadside Records BR 306, "The Time Will Come and other songs from Broadside Magazine", © 1967 Broadside Records, 701 Seventh Ave., New York, New York… #213 Joan Baez Saigon Bride 1967 · Single · Joan · Vanguard # VSD-79240 · USA
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Joan Baez also played an active and important role in the 1960s/70s protest and civil rights movement. She was born on Staten Island, New York, on 9 January 1941. Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico, and she has spoken of identifying with the Mexican-American community.1 Baez frequently… #214 Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant Massacree 1967 · Album · Alice's Restaurant · Reprise # RSLP 6267 · USA
Annotation
"Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (Reprise Records # RS-6267) is an 18 minute first person satirical monologue which is opposed to the Vietnam War draft. The monologue has two parts: The first part is centred around Thanksgiving, November 25, 1965, when Guthrie was arrested for dumping… #215 Nina Simone Backlash Blues 1967 · Album · Nina Simone Sings The Blues · RCA Victor # LSP-3789 · USA
Annotation
The song "Backlash Blues" (RCA Victor # LPM-3789), composed by Nina Simone and Langston Hughes in 1966, and appearing on this 1967 album, referenced the Vietnam War in the first verse, making a connection between the war and Civil Rights: "you... send my son to Vietnam, you give me… #216 Mark Comfort Damn Vietnam (Part 1) 1967 · Single · Damn Vietnam (Part 1) / Damn Vietnam (Part 2) · O.D.A.C. · USA
Credited on the record as Mark Comfort and Guitar.
Annotation
Born Mark Everett Comfort on 6 February 1934 in Oklahoma, USA, he was a Civil Rights activist and member of the Black Panthers in Oakland, California - the well-known African-American political organisation, founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966. He died on 6 November…Notes
O.D.A.C., maroon label printed in silver with no catalogue number: "Damn Vietnam", Mark Comfort and Guitar. The picture sleeve shows a black-and-white… #217 Mark Comfort Damn Vietnam (Part 2) 1967 · Single · Damn Vietnam (Part 1) / Damn Vietnam (Part 2) · O.D.A.C. · USA
Credited on the record as Mark Comfort and Guitar.
Annotation: see “Damn Vietnam (Part 1)” above (same release).
#218 Cool Sounds Where Do We Go from Here (America) 1967 · Single · Rag Doll / Where Do We Go from Here · Soultown # S-13 · USA
Annotation
The track "Where Do We Go From Here" (Soultown Records # P-103) put forward a strong critique of the US, with a small reference to the Vietnam conflict. Originally released on the small Los Angeles, Californian label Soultown, it was later issued in 1971 - I'll Take You Back (If You…Notes
Soultown Records S-13-A; "Where Do We Go from Here (America)" (Bobby Sanders - F. Mitchell), 2:49, Lenoir-Four Ways (BMI); Cool Sounds; "Arr. by Bobby… #219 Every Father's Teenage Son A Letter to Dad 1967 · Single · A Letter to Dad / Josephine's Song · Buddah # BDA-25 · USA
Annotation
On 11 November 1967 the surprise hit song"An Open Letter to My Teenage Son" (Liberty Records # 55996) entered into the Billboard charts, selling over 1 million records in six weeks. Narrated by Victor Lundberg, a conservative American, the record heavily criticised draft dodgers and the…Notes
Buddah Records BDA-25 (BUD 5047), multicoloured psychedelic label, "Promotional Copy – Not for Sale"; "A Letter to Dad" (Bill Dean & Ron Marshall), time… #220 Brandon Wade Letter From a Teenage Son 1967 · Single · Letter From a Teenage Son / Letter From a Teenage Son · Philips # 40503 · USA
Annotation
Next up as a response to Lundberg came the song "Letter From a Teenage Son" (Philips # 40503), which on 16 December 1967 bubbled under the Billboard 100, at # 120. The magazine reported on the track on 9 December 1967: "Backed by 21 members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra playing…Notes
Philips 40503 (1-40705), white-label "Promotional Copy – Not for Sale", mono version, "An Empire Production"; "Letter From a Teenage Son" (M. Sweeney),… #221 Marceline An Open Letter to My Dad 1967 · Single · Ion # 1-102 · USA
Annotation
The song "An Open Letter to My Dad" (Ion Records # 1-102), an interesting answer song to Lundberg, narrated from the perspective of the teenage son's sister, which to-date is the only answer record identified that is narrated by a woman. The original press release from the Ion Record Co.…Notes
Ion Records 1-102-A, 45 RPM, pink label, 1592 Crossroads of the World, Hollywood, Calif.; "An Open Letter to My Dad" (Steven R. Wolf), 3:40, Detec Music… #222 Keith Gordon A Teenager's Answer (Vocal) 1967 · Single · A Teenager's Answer (Vocal) / A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental) · Tower # 383 · USA
Annotation
Keith Gordon, in the track "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)" (Tower Records # 383) took the approach of trying to convince Lundberg of the "flower-power" culture, saying that he wanted to "make love, not war" . He also said that the hip kids are true Americans. Like some of the tracks above,…Notes
Tower 383, white "Promotional — Not for Sale" labels; A-side "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)" (45-61718), 2:31, and flip "A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental)"… #223 Keith Gordon A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental) 1967 · Single · A Teenager's Answer (Vocal) / A Teenager's Answer (Instrumental) · Tower # 383 · USA
Notes
Instrumental version of "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)" , the A-side.Notes
Instrumental version of "A Teenager's Answer (Vocal)", the A-side. Tower 383, white "Promotional — Not for Sale" labels; A-side "A Teenager's Answer… #224 Dick Clair Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad) 1967 · Single · Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad) / Tell That Joke · Imperial # 66272 · USA
Annotation
The song "Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad)" (Imperial Records # 66272), by Dick Clair, another very interesting answer record which took a comedy approach, poking fun at Victor Lundberg. Musically, the song is just a jazz piano, with Dick Clair speaking over it. Printed on the single is… Notes
Imperial 66272 (IM-6413), "Audition Record" label, a product of Liberty Records, a Division of Liberty Records, Inc., Los Angeles, California; "Hi, Dad… #225 Dick Clark Open Letter to the Older Generation 1967 · Single · Open Letter to the Older Generation / The Fable of Fun Country · Dunhill # D-4112 · USA
Annotation
The track "Open Letter to the Older Generation" (Dunhill Records # D-4112) was narrated by Dick Clark, a well known American television personality. He hosted the famous American Bandstand from 1956-1989, in which teenagers danced to a top 40 hit on television.1 Perhaps this association… Notes
Dunhill D-4112 (45-01156), black label; "Open Letter to the Older Generation" (words by Roy Freeman, music by George Tipton), 3:10, Claridge Music, Inc.… #226 Faith Willow There in Viet Nam 1967 · Single · There in Viet Nam / Ashes & Embers · Bubbie # 1003 · USA
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The song "There in Viet Nam" (Bubbie Records # 1003) - a country music track that took an anti-war position. It placed a strong emphasis on the contrast between the voting age and the draft age. The narrator also expressed moral and religious opposition to the war, quoting the bible: "thou… Notes
Bubbie Records 1003-A, P. O. Box 10806, Midwest City, Oklahoma; "There in Viet Nam" (B. Willow), 4:00, Albin Dell Music Co., BMI; produced by Frank Dell.… #227 The Association Requiem for the Masses 1967 · Album · Insight Out · Warner Bros. # ST 91317 · USA
Annotation
The psychedelic pop song "Requiem for the Masses" (Warner Bros. Records # ST 91317), released as a B-side in 1967 (see Requiem for the Masses), took an anti-war position. Composed by Terry Kirkman, it did not mention the Vietnam conflict. However, in a recent interview Kirkman said that…Notes
Warner Bros. Records 7074 (K15853), red label, "From the Warner Bros. Album W/WS 1696 Insight Out"; "Requiem for the Masses" (Terry Kirkman), Beechwood… #228 Kaleidoscope Keep Your Mind Open 1967 · Side Trips · Epic # LN 24304 · USA
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The song "Keep Your Mind Open" (Epic Records # BN 26304) by this Los Angeles psychedelic band took an anti-war approach, and most probably anti-Vietnam War, although it did not specifically mention that conflict. With a very psychedelic sound, using varied instruments, such as a bouzouki,… #229 Tex Morton 21st Birthday 1967 · Single · The Cream in Between / 21st Birthday · Columbia # DO-4785 · Australia
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Tex Morton, a country artist born Robert William Lane on 30 August 1916 in Nelson, New Zealand. He died 23 July 1983 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.1 He released several records under the nickname The Yodelling Boundary Rider. The song "21st Birthday" dealt with the Vietnam War, looking at the… #230 Colette Magny Vietnam 67 1967 · Album · Colette Magny · Le Chant du Monde # LDX-74319 · France
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Chanson artist, born 31 October 1926, in Paris, France. Died on 12 June 1997, in Occitanie, France. She released this anti-war album with the song "Vietnam 67" (Le Chant du Monde # LDX-74319) which attacked US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara (1961-1968) and supported the North… #231 Christel Ruby Le soleil du Viet-nam 1967 · EP · Le soleil du Vietnam · Riviera # 231 273 · France
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Born in Paris, France, Christel Ruby only released this obscure record, in 1967, featuring the Vietnam War song "Le soleil du Viet-nam" (Riviera # 231 273), which described the sounds of war, "machine guns and cannons... helmets, battalions, rockets, tanks and planes" , and with all the… #232 Claude Channes Mao Mao 1967 · Mao-Mao · Fontana # 460 227 · France
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Claude Channes, born on 27 April 1943 in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. This EP featured the song "Mao-Mao" , as part of the soundtrack to the film La Chinoise, ou plutôt à la Chinoise: un film en train de se faire [The Chinese, or Rather to the Chinese: A Film in the Making],… #233 Laurent Malek Vietnam ad vitam aeternam 1967 · EP · Vietnam ad vitam aeternam / La guerre des radios / Ma belle famille / Françoise · Mercury # 152.084 MCE · France
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Laurent Malek, musician based in Paris, France, released the protest song "Vietnam ad vitam aeternam" ( "Vietnam on Forever" ) (Mercury Records # 152.084 MCE), which focused on the use and impact of napalm - chemical weapon Napalm B - a jellied gasoline mixture, with polystyrene, benzene,… #234 Ram-Ram-Go-Go-Sound U.S.A. Out-Cry 1967 · Single · Pep-77 / U.S.A Out-Cry · Halagala # HG 26 · UK
Annotation
The reggae instrumental "U.S.A. Out-Cry" , by the house band of the Halagala label (# HG 26) - it is the same tune as Vietnam Cries U.S.A. by The Ram Ram Go-Go Biz. Man.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#235 La Lloroncita Papito en Vietnam 1967 · Single · Papito en Viet Nam · Pop Art # 112 · Puerto Rico
Credited on the record as La Lloroncita con Nieves Quintero y su Conj..
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Born Quetcy Alma Martínez De Jesús on 17 May 1956, in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, the track "Papito en Viet Nam" ( "Daddy in Vietnam" ) (Pop Art Records # 112) is probably the most well-known Vietnam War song from Puerto Rico. Known as La Lloroncita, she was around 10 or 11 years old when she… Notes
Seis milonga, as printed on the label. Pop Art Records 112 (PAH-3060), gold and black label; A & R: J. Salguero, producer Jose I. Acosta; "Papito en Viet… #236 Dewey Jones Please Mr. Johnson 1967 · Single · Please Mr. Johnson / My Susanna · Diamond # D-219 · USA
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The song "Please Mr. Johnson" (Diamond Records Inc # D-219) featured the 11 year old Dewey Jones, protesting against the Vietnam War. Written and produced by Artie Wayne and sung to a mid-tempo pop tune. The narrator described how his brother fought in Vietnam, making his parents cry. So… Notes
Diamond Records Inc., 1650 Broadway, NYC, NY, D-219 (219-A), "Plug Side", "Not for Sale - Promotion Copy"; "Please Mr. Johnson" (Art Wayne), 2:30,… #237 Joey Martin Joey's Prayer 1967 · Single · Joey's Prayer / Joey's Letter · Imperial # 66273 · USA
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A double-sided child narrated Vietnam record (Imperial Records # 66273), that also goes down as a Christmas song.& . Both sides written by Jeanne Castle, and produced by Dick Shepp. Little is known of Joey Martin's biography, but he probably came from the US. Released in 1967, the… Notes
Imperial 66273, "Audition Record" promotional labels, "A Product of Liberty Records", Liberty Records, Inc., Los Angeles; "Joey's Letter" (Jeanne Castle),… #238 Joey Martin Joey's Letter 1967 · Single · Joey's Prayer / Joey's Letter · Imperial # 66273 · USA
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In the second track "Joey's Letter" , Joey wrote a letter (rather than a prayer delivered by angels). In it he sought to explain to his big brother in Vietnam that those at home in the US "are marching in parades of peace" so that "this whole mess can be solved" . He argued that the only…Notes
Imperial 66273, "Audition Record" promotional labels, "A Product of Liberty Records", Liberty Records, Inc., Los Angeles; "Joey's Letter" (Jeanne Castle),… #239 Anita Bryant Do You Hear What I Hear? 1967 · Single · Do You Hear What I Hear? / Away in a Manger · Columbia # 4-44341 · USA
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This is an Anita Bryant cover of the song "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Columbia Records #4-44341), composed by Noël Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker, said to have been written as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.1The song has sold millions of records, covered by…Notes
Columbia 4-44341 picture sleeve, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" backed with "Away in a Manger". The photograph, repeated across front and back, shows Anita… #240 Tim Rose Come Away, Melinda 1967 · Single · Come Away, Melinda / Long Time Man · Columbia # 4-44387 · USA
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Come Away, Melinda (Rose, Tim)Singer/songwriter, anti-war.
About fathers killed in the war.
Home front perspective.
Very minor significance
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Columbia 4-44387 (JZSP 135590), 45 RPM, white promotional label marked "Not for Resale – Radio Station Copy" and "Suggested Side"; "Come Away, Melinda"… #241 David London Dear Dad 1967 · Single · Dear Dad / When You're Not 21 · Titan # TT1545 · USA
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Dear Dad (London, David)When You're Not 21 (London, David)
Traditional pop, home/soldier's perspective. Leans towards anti-war.
A-side: son narrated: dad…
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Titan TT1545, 45 RPM, "Promotion Copy – Not for Sale" on both sides, orange label with the red Titan logo; side A "Dear Dad" (London), Titan Int'l. Corp.,… #242 David London When You're Not 21 1967 · Single · Dear Dad / When You're Not 21 · Titan # TT1545 · USA
Annotation: see “Dear Dad” above (same release).
#243 John Gary Everybody Say Peace 1967 · Single · Everybody Say Peace / Spanish Moonlight · RCA Victor # 47-9213 · USA
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RCA Victor 47-9213 (UPKM-5403), white label "Plug Side – Not for Sale"; "Everybody Say Peace" (Stan Lebowsky, Fred Tobias), 2:25, April Music Inc., ASCAP;… #244 Scott McKenzie San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) 1967 · Single · San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) / What's the Difference · Ode # ZS7-103 · USA
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Folk pop, hippie culture, love-ins, flowers, new generation.Notes
Ode ZS7-103 (ZS7-103-1), 45 RPM, Side 1, distributed by CBS Records, CBS, Inc., 51 West 52 Street, New York City; "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some… #245 Rodd Keith Teardrops and Water 1967 · Single · Teardrops and Water / I Wonder Who's Holding Her · Preview # 1246 · USA
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Song poem Preview Records Inc. #1246-A, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; "Teardrops and Water" (Paul Segura), 2:08, sung by Rodd Keith; blue-and-white label with… #246 Marià Albero Napalm 1967 · EP · Vam ser tots al jorn de la tardor / No deixaré de lluitar / Napalm / No volem esperar com abans · Edigsa # CM 188 · Spain
Credited on the record as Marian Albero.
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"Napalm" . Spain / SpanishNotes
Edigsa C.M. 188, 45 rpm EP, S.G.A.E., Dep. Leg. B. 32490-1967, "Producido en España por Iberofón, S.A."; red-and-white Edigsa label, side 1: No volem… #247 Sangaree Amerique et Viet-Nam (Sammy Sam) 1967 · EP · La rizière de chez nous / Amérique et Viet-Nam (Sammy Sam) / Où sont les matins clairs? / Donnez-moi de l'eau · Odeon # MEO 130 · France
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Odeon "Super 45 tours" EP MEO 130 (matrix 7 TOP 1049), BIEM, mono, Les Industries Musicales et Électriques Pathé Marconi, Paris, made in France; red Odeon… #248 Michele L. Straniero No alla guerra 1967 · Single · No alla guerra / Bella ciao · I Dischi del Sole # DS 207 · Italy
Credited on the record as Michele L. Straniero accompagnato da Paolo, Alberto e Massimo Ciarchi.
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ItalianNotes
I Dischi del Sole DS 207 "Due canzoni per la marcia" (Edizioni del Gallo, November 1967), issued for the Marcia dal Nord e dal Sud per il Vietnam per la… #249 Luisa Ronchini & Gualtiero Bertelli A Porto Marghera 1967 · Single · Tera e aqua / A Portomarghera · Linea Rossa # LR 45/2 · Italy
Credited on the record as Luisa Ronchini e Gualtiero Bertelli.
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- Italy, Italian, Europe- Workers on strike asking for better wages and peace
- The boos who fires sends people to war
- From Rhodesia to Congo, to Vietnam
-…
#250 Paolo Ciarchi Piccolo uomo 1967 · Single · Una cosa già detta / Piccolo uomo · Linea Rossa # LR 45/5 · Italy
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"Piccolo uomo" Notes
Linea Rossa LR 45/5, Edizioni del Gallo SpA, Milan (via Sansovino 13), distributed by Vedette Records, May 1967; sleeve design Roberto Maderna, graphics… #251 Freddie Roach Johnny's Comin' Home No More 1967 · Single · My People (Soul People) / Johnny's Comin' Home No More · Prestige # 45-454 · USA
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Soul jazz.B-side: soldier killed in action (KIA), all dreams gone
Leans anti-war
A-side: Civil Rights, economic protest
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Prestige 45-454, Side 2, blue-grey label, Prestige Records Inc., 203 S. Washington Ave., Bergenfield, N.J.; "Johnny's Comin' Home No More" (Freddie Roach… #252 H.F. Gore & The Undertakers Washington Report 1967 · Single · No One Will Ever Know / Washington Report · PH # 117 · USA
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- Country, political protest, economic- High national debt, need more taxes
- All money shipped to foreign lands (aid, Vietnam-era)
- Reference to war on…
#253 The Staple Singers For What It's Worth 1967 · Single · For What It's Worth / Are You Sure · Epic # 5-10742 and recheck Year and Release Title against this issue · USA
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- Soul cover of Buffalo Springfield song- Epic 5-10742 (JZSP 154873), 45 RPM, white and pink "Radio Station Copy" label; "For What It's Worth" (S.…
#254 Oktober-Klub Frieden muss sein [Peace Must Be] 1967 · Album · Der Oktober-Klub singt · AMIGA # 8 50 097 · Germany
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Frieden muss sein [Peace Must Be]1GDR, East Germany
Words: Reinhold Andert
Music: Wolfram Heicking
Anti-war, peace, Atomic
Final verse:
Dass Arbeiter Maschinen baun, sie selber produzieren, dann könnte jeder, der es will, zehn Jahre lang studieren. Dass wir mit einer Raumstation den Jupiter…
#255 Willy Vietnam Meisje 1967 · Single · Vietnam meisje / Zo nu en dan · Ideal [Belgium] # 509 · Belgium
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Obscure Belgium-based artist - no biographical information known at this time, released the song "Vietnam meisje" (Ideal # 509) (unknown date, probably late 60s-early 70s). The picture sleeve features a silhouette of a soldier next to a map of South East Asia. Note: transcription and…Notes
Orchestra: Jean Vanhoren En Zijn Orkest. Released 1967. Picture sleeve shows a soldier's silhouette beside a map of South East Asia; backed by Jean… #256 La Compagnia del Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano Bella ciao 1967 · Single · No alla guerra / Bella ciao · I Dischi del Sole # DS 207 · Italy
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I Dischi del Sole DS 207-B, 45 giri mono, red and white label with the sun-face logo, headed "Due canzoni per la marcia"; "Bella ciao" (F. Cascione),… #257–341 Various Artists The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam 1967 · Album · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
All 30 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
#257 Catch-22 (excerpt) #258 closing remarks #259 The Daughters of the Horse Leech #264 False Entry (excerpt) #267 Fragment: The Pride of Man (excerpt) #276 Juno and the Paycock (excerpt) #280 The Long March #281 Love Have Mercy Upon Us #290 On the Birth of a Child #298 Poem, 1961 (excerpt) #301 Read-In for Peace Statement #302 Read-In for Peace Statement #303 Read-In for Peace Statement #304 Read-In for Peace Statement #305 Read-In for Peace Statement #306 Read-In for Peace Statement #307 Read-In for Peace Statement #308 Read-In for Peace Statement #309 Read-In for Peace Statement #310 Read-In for Peace Statement #311 Read-In for Peace Statement #312 Read-In for Peace Statement #313 Read-In for Peace Statement #314 Read-In for Peace Statement #315 Read-In for Peace Statement #316 Reading-In (excerpt) #326 The Search for Love (excerpt) #333 Vapor Trail Reflected in a Frog Pond (excerpt) #337 A Walker in the City #341 We Are the Humans (excerpt)
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#257 Fritz Weaver Catch-22 (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #258 Stanley Kauffmann closing remarks 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #259 Stanley Kunitz The Daughters of the Horse Leech 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #264 Hortense Calisher False Entry (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #267 Lenore Marshall Fragment: The Pride of Man (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #276 Maureen Stapleton Juno and the Paycock (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #280 William Styron The Long March 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #281 William Gibson Love Have Mercy Upon Us 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #290 Louis Untermeyer On the Birth of a Child 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #298 Robert Lowell Poem, 1961 (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #301 Alan Dugan Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #302 Arthur Miller Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #303 Bernard Malamud Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #304 Dr. Oscar Sachs Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #305 Harvey Swados Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #306 Jules Feiffer Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #307 Lillian Hellman Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #308 Muriel Rukeyser Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #309 Norman Mailer Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #310 Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #311 Stanley Kauffmann Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #312 Susan Sontag Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #313 Tony Randall Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #314 Viveca Lindfors Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #315 Walter Lowenfels Read-In for Peace Statement 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #316 Joel Oppenheimer Reading-In (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #326 William Melvin Kelley The Search for Love (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #333 Galway Kinnell Vapor Trail Reflected in a Frog Pond (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #337 Alfred Kazin A Walker in the City 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #341 Denise Levertov We Are the Humans (excerpt) 1967 · Album · The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam · Broadside # BR 452 · USA
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Broadside Records BR 452, also numbered Folkways Records FL 9752; "Recorded at Town Hall, New York", "Produced by the Committee of the Professions",… #260 Michael Paul Dear Dad 1967 · Single · An Open Letter to Dad / Dear Dad · Carole # CAR-1005 · USA
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The second song, on the B-side was "Dear Dad" by Michael Paul (Carole Records #CAR-1005) which took an anti-war position - as mentioned above, distributed by GNP Crescendo Records. Similar to Dick Clair's "Hi, Dad (An Open Letter to Dad)", it began with a comedy approach, with the… Notes
Carole Records CAR-1005, "A Division of Sidewalk Productions", "Distributed by GNP Crescendo Records". One side: Chris Howard, "An Open Letter to Dad"… #261 Russ Anders Dear God Bring Our Boys Back Home 1967 · Single · Dear God Bring Our Boys Back Home / Three to One · Anbee # 3500 · USA
Credited on the record as Russ "Big Daddy" Anders, Fabulous Four.
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Dear God Bring Our Boys Back Home (Anders, Russ)Notes
Anbee No. 3500, Side 1, 45 R.P.M., "Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida"; "Dear God Bring Our Boys Back Home" (Jamie Christian), 3:11, Anbee… #262–343 Various Artists Kämpfendes Vietnam 1967 · Compilation · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
All 13 songs from this compilation in the archive are in this collection
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Compilation of 13 Vietnam War protest songs against US intervention.East Germany, GDR
#262 Dschungellied #269 Hätte ich ein netz #285 Mekong-Ballade #295 Partisanen #296 Pauls traum #317 Reisbauern, kämpfer, genossen #319 Saigoner kinder #320 Schrei #321 So wie der regen vom himmel fällt #323 Song vom bambus #334 Vielleicht wird die bombe schon scharf gemacht #336 Vietnamesisches Liebeslied #343 Willst du daß wir weinen?
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#262 Gerry Wolff Dschungellied 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Compilation of 13 Vietnam War protest songs against US intervention.East Germany, GDR
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#269 Gerry Wolff Hätte ich ein netz 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#285 Gisela May Mekong-Ballade 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#295 Horst Schulze Partisanen 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#296 Horst Schulze Pauls traum 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester Gerd Natschinski; sleeve notes by H. P. Hofmann; cover lithograph by… #317 Gisela May Reisbauern, kämpfer, genossen 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#319 Gisela May Saigoner kinder 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#320 Horst Schulze Schrei 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#321 Gerry Wolff So wie der regen vom himmel fällt 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#323 Horst Schulze Song vom bambus 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#334 Gisela May Vielleicht wird die bombe schon scharf gemacht 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#336 Angelica Domröse Vietnamesisches Liebeslied 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063]AMIGA 8 50 098, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, 1967 (Ag 511/01/67); Orchester…
#343 Gisela May Willst du daß wir weinen? 1967 · Compilation · Kämpfendes Vietnam · AMIGA # 8 50 098 · Germany
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Also on 1971 compilation "So nah ist dieses land" [ETERNA / 8 15 063] & 1971 compilation "Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons" [NOVA / 8 85 009]AMIGA…
#263 Everyman Eternal Youth 1967 · Single · It's a Pushbutton World / Eternal Youth · Main Line # ML-1362 · USA
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It's a Pushbutton World (Everyman) Eternal Youth (Everyman)
A-side: atomic bomb, Cold War, riots, protest
B-side: tired of hearing about Vietnam - want…
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Main Line ML-1362, light-blue label; "It's a Pushbutton World" (Mangione, Karshner), time 2:20, TK4M-9939, Machiavelli Music Co., BMI, b/w "Eternal Youth"… #265 Country Joe & The Fish The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag 1967 · Album · I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die · Vanguard # VSD 79266 · USA
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Re-recorded version, track A1 of the band's second LP I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die (Vanguard VSD 79266, 1967), opening with the "Fish" cheer. Personnel:… #266 Buffalo Springfield For What It's Worth 1967 · Single · For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) / Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It · Atco # 45-6459 · USA
Credited on the record as The Buffalo Springfield.
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For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound) Folk rock, anti-war. California, USA
Written by Stephen Stills
Famous anti-war song about…
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Atco 45-6459 (66C-11252-PL), 45 RPM, yellow-and-white label, vocal; "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" (Stephen Stills), published by Ten… #268 Shane Dominic Going Home 1967 · Single · Going Home / This Land · Accent # AC 1234 · USA
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- "Going Home" (Dominic, Shane)- Both sides. Folk garage
- A-side: soldier's perspective, fighting for? Combat
- Done my job well, going home. Why did they…
#270 The Bojax Hippie Times 1967 · Single · "Hippie" Times / Go Ahead and Go · Panther # PAN-3 · USA
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Members: Bobby Holliday (vocals, guitar), Lyn Cook (drums), Mack Sanders (bass), Roy Wood (guitar), Edwin Bayne (guitar), Stanley Ward (vocals, guitar),… #271 The Raving Madd I Said Oh No No (What's in It for Me) 1967 · Single · I Said Oh No No (What's in It for Me) / Boundaries · Golstar # GO-1 · USA
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"I Said Oh No No (What's in It for Me)" (Raving Madd, The) Garage rock. Anti-war.
Rolling Hills, California.
#272 Peter Robbins If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) 1967 · Single · If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) / Little Brown Mouse · RCA # 47-9653 · USA
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If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) (Robbins, Pete) Child narrator (born 1956, released 1967).
Anti-war, pop.
When I was two the world was just fun.
When I…
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Child singer, famous for voicing Charlie Brown in the Peanuts animated specials. RCA Victor 47-9653, 45 RPM, yellow promotional label marked "Not for… #273 Paul von B & Dave Block Images of Napalm on Christmas Eve 1966 1967 · Single · Cataclysm, Conquest & Catharsis..Now! · Breakthrough # 10012 · USA
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Images of Napalm on Christmas Eve 1966 (Block, Dave & Paul von B.) #274 Everyman It's a Pushbutton World 1967 · Single · It's a Pushbutton World / Eternal Youth · Main Line # ML-1362 · USA
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It's a Pushbutton World (Everyman) Eternal Youth (Everyman)
A-side: atomic bomb, Cold War, riots, protest
B-side: tired of hearing about Vietnam - want…
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Main Line ML-1362, light-blue label; "It's a Pushbutton World" (Mangione, Karshner), time 2:20, TK4M-9939, Machiavelli Music Co., BMI, b/w "Eternal Youth"… #275 Paul Kaplan I've Been Told 1967 · Compilation · 'Broadside Ballads, Vol. 4: The Time Will Come and Other Songs from Broadside Magazine' · Broadside # BR 306 · USA
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The song "I've Been Told" by Paul KaplanOh I don't know, but I've been told".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Broadside Records BR 306, "The Time Will Come and other songs from Broadside Magazine", © 1967 Broadside Records, 701 Seventh Ave., New York, New York… #277 Seeds of Euphoria Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam 1967 · Single · TMP-Ting # TMP-120 · USA
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- "Let's Send Batman to Viet Nam" (TMP-Ting Records # TMP-120) by the Seeds of Euphoria. Label from Chicago, Illinois.- Garage rock. Novelty - as title suggests, the group advises president to send Batman to "give our fighting boys a helping hand" . Reference to LBJ, Viet Cong,…
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White TMP-Ting Records "D J Copy" label, background printed "D J Copies – Not For Sale – For Promotional Use Only", "TMP-Ting Records – 22 E. Huron,… #278 Beth Gallery Like the Rain 1967 · Single · Like the Rain / It's a Ghost Town · Capitol # P 5895 · USA
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Like the Rain (Gallery, Beth) My Johnny won't be home - K.I.A.
Why must this be?
Reference to Vietnam in promo sheet
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Capitol P 5895 (45-57055), yellow "Promotion Record – Not for Sale" label; "Like the Rain" (Daniel G. Thompson-Lew Douglas), 2:18, Beechwood Music… #279 Billy Joe Young Little Tin Soldier 1967 · Single · Jewel [Shreveport] # 782 · USA
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Tin Soldier (Young, Billy Joe) Funk (but also a little garage rock)
Anti-war.
Soldier like a robot - turn him on/off
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Jewel Records 782 (TM-1996), ©1965, marked "Promotional Copy" and "Not for Sale" with a "Thanks Music Merchants" stamp; "Little Tin Soldier" (Daniels),… #282 The Nervous System Make Love, Not War 1967 · Single · Make Love, Not War / Oh · Jambee # 1001 · USA
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"Make Love, Not War" (Nervous System, The) Garage psychedelic.
Generic Vietnam-era peace song.
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Jambee Records No. 1001, green and silver label; "Make Love, Not War" (J. Miller), time 2:18, Yuggoth, BMI; The Nervous System, "Prod. by: J & M Miller".… #283 Barry McGuire Masters of War 1967 · Single · Masters of War / Why Not Stop and Dig It While You Can · Dunhill # D-4098 · USA
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Dunhill D-4098 (45-01134), white label marked "Promotional Copy" and "Not for Sale"; "Masters of War" (Bob Dylan), 2:32, M. Witmark & Sons (ASCAP);… #284 Barbara Dane Masters of War 1967 · Compilation · Save the Children: Songs From the Hearts of Women · Women Strike for Peace # W-001 · USA
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Back sleeve: "..we oppose the draft of young men for destruction and killing in Vietnam and elsewhere in the world...". #286 Jimmy Neil My Letter to Santa 1967 · Single · My Letter to Santa / I Overlooked the Orchid · Martin # MR-101 · USA
Credited on the record as Jimmy Neil (The Singin' Schoolteacher) and The Jimmy Neil Trio.
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Jimmy Neil - also going under the name The Jimmy Neil Trio and The Singin' Schoolteacher released the track "My Letter to Santa" (Martin Records # MR-101), narrated from the perspective of a child (but actually sung by an adult - the schoolteacher). Not only did the child ask Santa to… Notes
Martin Records MR-101-A, BMI, time 2:19; "My Letter to Santa" (J. Neil); Jimmy Neil (The Singin' Schoolteacher) and The Jimmy Neil Trio; produced by… #287 Morry Goodson Napoleon of Texas 1967 · Single · Pax [Los Angeles] # Pax-101 · USA
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Napoleon of Texas (Goodson, Morry)"Napoleon of Texas," by Morry Goodson, a song critical of Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Vietnam War, sung to the tune of "Yellow Rose of Texas," ca. 1967, made and distributed by "Pax Records, Los Angeles, California".1
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Pax Records Pax-101, Side 1, 45 r.p.m.; "Napoleon of Texas" by Morry Goodson; "Made and Dist. by Pax Records, L.A. Calif. Licensed only for non-com'l.… #288 Tim Buckley No Man Can Find the War 1967 · Album · Goodbye and Hello · Elektra # EKS 74028 · USA
#289 Dave Rich On the Battlefield 1967 · Single · On the Battlefield / I Never Gave Up · Stop # S 132 · USA
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On the Battlefield (Rich, Dave) (Stop # S 132) Country.
Note: review transcription, difficult to hear the words.
"On the battlefield in Vietnam, we…
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Stop S 132 (ST5028), 45 RPM, white label marked "D. J. Copy"; "On the Battlefield" (Dave Rich), 2:32, Window/BMI; Dave Rich (Vocal); produced by Pete… #291 Chris Howard An Open Letter to Dad 1967 · Single · An Open Letter to Dad / Dear Dad · Carole # CAR-1005 · USA
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Double-sided response record to Victor Lundberg's "An Open Letter to My Teenage Son". First up was the song "An Open Letter to Dad" by Chris Howard (Carole Records #CAR-1005), distributed by the larger, Los Angeles, California-based label GNP Crescendo Records. The narrator focused on… Notes
Carole Records CAR-1005, "A Division of Sidewalk Productions", "Distributed by GNP Crescendo Records". One side: Chris Howard, "An Open Letter to Dad"… #292 Bob Random An Open Letter to My Father 1967 · Single · An Open Letter to My Father / My Dog · Dagonet # 9 · USA
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Bob Random song "An Open Letter to My Father" (Dagonet DG-009), which has a teen pop / garage folk feel to it, another response to Lundberg. It started by trying to find common ground between the generations, agreeing with his points on long hair and beards. However, Random soon took a… Notes
Dagonet Records DG-009 (DG-9-A), white label; "An Open Letter to My Father" (Steve Kandel - Jerry Berryhill), 2:55, Asa Music (ASCAP); produced by J.… #293 Mad River Orange Fire 1967 · Wind Chimes · Wee # 10021 · USA
#294 Rodd Keith Our Senators 1967 · Single · Don't Wait Too Long / Our Senators · Preview # 1338 · USA
Credited on the record as Rodd Keith and the Raindrops.
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- "Our Senators" - Label: Preview Records # 1338
- Songwriter: Reynolds Amick
- Traditional pop
- Anti-war, anti-politician, Cold War, Space Race
- The…
#297 Con Pierson Peace Through Understanding 1967 · Single · Peace Through Understanding / Honey Bee · Sudaja # 617 · USA
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Sudaja Records No. 617 (TK4M-5483), distributed by Laurie Records Inc.; "Peace Through Understanding" (Singer - Martin - Russo - Hackett), time 2:29,… #299 Jim Dale Prayer for Peace 1967 · Single · Prayer for Peace / Point of No Return · Boone # 1062 · USA
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Prayer for Peace (Dale, Jim)Boone Record Co. # 1062
Union, Kentucky.
Country. Plight, narrated from perspective of soldier in Vietnam, who prayed to god…
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Boone Record Co., Union, Ky., 1062A, white label marked "D. J. Copy" and "Plug" with a star; "Prayer for Peace" (Jim Dale-Walter Haines-David Briggs),… #300 The Stars of Faith Prayer For Vietnam 1967 · Live · I've Got Shoes / Prayer for Vietnam · Évasion # LP E 102 · USA
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Évasion Disques SE 1016, 7" single, stereo, gravure universelle, 1969, BIEM, made in France; Évasion Disques, 16, Avenue du Théâtre, CH 1005 Lausanne;… #318 Gabor Szabo & The California Dreamers Saigon Bride 1967 · Wind, Sky And Diamonds · Impulse! # AS-9151 · USA
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Impulse! 45-268 (AMP 45-90867), white and black label; "Saigon Bride" (J. Baez, N. Duscheck), 3:02, Robbins Music Corp. - ASCAP; Gabor Szabo and the… #322 Carmen Carroll A Soldier 1967 · Single · A Soldier / Burning Bridges · Mira # 8003 · USA
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Soldier, A (Carroll, Carmen) Traditional pop, leans towards peace / anti-war. But also patriotic.
Impact of the war at home.
Mother of a soldier…
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Mira 8003 (66-3079-A), white label; "A Soldier" (Carmen Carroll), Sage & Sand, SESAC, time 2:35; produced by W. O. Fleener. [From the record sleeve and… #324 Tommy Finch Street Without Joy Pt. 1 1967 · Single · Street Without Joy · Cobra [New Holland] # 1000 · USA
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- "Street Without Joy Pt. 1" (Finch, Tommy)- "Street Without Joy Pt. 2"
- Garage rock. New Holland, Pennsylvania. Anti-war. Reference to Hanoi, Saigon.
- Cobra # 1000
- Died 19681
- Advert for single 12 August 19672
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Cobra 1000-A (L-113-1, 18967) and 1000-B (L-113-2, 18968), red labels, "A Cobra Production", Cobra Records, New Holland, Pa.; "Street Without Joy Pt. 1"… #325 Tommy Finch Street Without Joy Pt. 2 1967 · Single · Street Without Joy · Cobra [New Holland] # 1000 · USA
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- "Street Without Joy Pt. 1" (Finch, Tommy)- "Street Without Joy Pt. 2"
- Garage rock. New Holland, Pennsylvania. Anti-war. Reference to Hanoi, Saigon.
- Cobra # 1000
- Died 19681
- Advert for single 12 August 19672
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Cobra 1000-A (L-113-1, 18967) and 1000-B (L-113-2, 18968), red labels, "A Cobra Production", Cobra Records, New Holland, Pa.; "Street Without Joy Pt. 1"… #327 Shane Dominic This Land 1967 · Single · Going Home / This Land · Accent # AC 1234 · USA
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- "This Land" (Dominic, Shane)- B-side: Anti-war, but anti-protest
- In a bad state, why send young men to fight on foreign lands?
- Riots and…
#328 The Beaubiens Times Passed 1967 · Single · Times Passed / A Man Who's Lost · Malibu # MB 67001 · USA
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Members: Don Tapert (lead guitar), Rick Fine (drums), Tom Kleene (vocals), Tom Hartkop (rhythm guitar), Jim Masouras (bass) #329 Viveca Lindfors To My Countrymen 1967 · Compilation · Save the Children: Songs From the Hearts of Women · Women Strike for Peace # W-001 · Sweden
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Back sleeve: "..we oppose the draft of young men for destruction and killing in Vietnam and elsewhere in the world...". #330 Brute Force Toys for Tots 1967 · Single · Toys for Tots / Brute's Party · Columbia # 4-44371 · USA
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Toys for Tots (Brute Force) Traditional pop, Vietnam-era toy soldier
Played with toy soldiers when a child
But Johnny won't be marching home anymore.
…
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Columbia 4-44371 (JZSP 135523), white radio station copy ("Not for Resale", "Radio Station Copy"), marked "Suggested Side"; "Toys for Tots" (B. Force),… #331 Pearls Before Swine Uncle John 1967 · Album · One Nation Underground · ESP-Disk # 1054 · USA
#332 The Mergers Unworthy American 1967 · Single · Loving You / Unworthy American · Cass # 112C · USA
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- "Unworthy American" (Mergers, The) (Cass # 112C). Detroit, Michigan.12- Garage rock. Anti-war protest, referenced the Vietnam War.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Cass 112C (70724B), yellow label, 45 RPM; "Unworthy American" (Peters-Kukier-Leach), time 3:19, Double H Music Pub., BMI; produced by Roger Peters; © 1967… #335 Junior Wells Vietnam Blues 1967 · Single · Vietnam Blues / Roll 'Em Pete · AMIGA # 4 50 599 · Germany
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Junior Wells, born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. (1934-1998) in Memphis Tennessee, moved to Chicago in the late 1940s and based his career in the Chicago soul scene, well-known for his vocals and harmonica. The song "Vietnam-Blues" (AMIGA # 4 50 599) by Junior Wells expressed sympathy for… Notes
Amiga 4 50 599 A, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, red and cream label, BIEM N 504 2125, M 45; "Vietnam-Blues" (Wells–Wells), Junior Wells (voc, harmonica)… #338 The Razor's Edge War Boy 1967 · Single · War Boy / Gotta Find Her · Kingston # E-1967 · USA
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- "War Boy" (Razor's Edge)- Reading, Pennsylvania. Garage rock / teen pop. Soldier's perspective
- Narrated to mother: fighting / killing is wrong
- But…
#339 Lister Shaw The War Keeps Going On 1967 · Single · The War Keeps Going On / Vaya Con Dios · MGM # K13823 · USA
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MGM K13823 (103,494), "Special Disc Jockey Record - Not for Sale", 45 R.P.M.; "The War Keeps Going On" (Crane - Kingsburg), 2:37, Extra Music, BMI;… #340 Mass Confusion Rock Band The War Rages On 1967 · Single · The War Rages On · Malibu # 101 · USA
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"The War Wages On" (Mass Confusion Rock Band) Garage rock, protest, anti-war.
Thousands of young will die yet the war continues.
Fight or get locked up…
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Malibu Records, a division of Malibu Productions, 101-A; "The War Rages On" (Doug Smart), 3:19; vocal by Doug Smart; produced by Norman Winski. [From the… #342 Robert Hodge When the War Is Over 1967 · Single · When the War Is Over / I'm So Glad · Savoy # 4275 · USA
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When the War Is Over (Hodge, Robert) Gospel, soul, religion
New Jersey
We will meet our friends and family when the war is over. Pray
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Savoy Records 4275 (SRH 67-017), 45 R.P.M.; "When the War Is Over" (R. Hodge), Planemar Music B.M.I.; Robert Hodge; blue and silver label. [From the… #344 Wilson Simonal Balada do Vietnam 1967 · Single · Balada do Vietnam / Duas contas · Odeon # 7B-249 · Brazil
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Prolific and well-known Brazilian artist Wilson Simonal - born 26 February 1939 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, died 25 June 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - released the song "Balada do Vietnam" (Odeon # 7B-249), in Portuguese, in the Samba genere - "originated in the 19th century from a…Notes
Odeon 7B-249, 7" 33 1/3 rpm compacto; written by David Nasser and Elizabeth Sanches. Discogs lists it as side A with "Duas Contas" (Garôto) on side B. #345 Gianni Marchetti Il Bonzo 1967 · Soundtrack · L'occhio selvaggio · CAM # SAG 9001 · Italy
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Original soundtrack to Paolo Cavara's 1967 film L'occhio selvaggio (The Wild Eye), about a mondo documentary-maker in Asia including Vietnam. Composed and… #346 Earl (Country Boy) Pettijohn Wallace for President 1967 · Single · Wallace for President / Let's All Back Geo. Wallace · Heart O' Dixie # 1001 · USA
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Country, campaign support for Wallace, both sidesState's rights, fighting a war undeclared (Vietnam) - isolationist (thus anti-war)
Fight DC corruption
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Heart O' Dixie Records, Record No. 1001 (PRP 341); Moss Rose Pub., BMI; red label, silver print. [From the record label]Pressed by Precision Record…
#347 Earl (Country Boy) Pettijohn Let's All Back Geo. Wallace 1967 · Single · Wallace for President / Let's All Back Geo. Wallace · Heart O' Dixie # 1001 · USA
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Country, campaign support for Wallace, both sidesState's rights, fighting a war undeclared (Vietnam) - isolationist (thus anti-war)
Fight DC corruption
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Heart O' Dixie Records, Record No. 1001 (PRP 341); Moss Rose Pub., BMI. [From the label of the other side]Pressed by Precision Record Pressing, Inc. [From…
#348 Reid Stubbs Wallace '68 1967 · Single · Mine # 7-7965 · USA
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Wallace campaign, 1968 - probably released in 68.God and country, freedom, law & order, support police
Stop treason and protect the courts, religion in…
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Mine Records 7-7965A, Side 1, 45 RPM; title printed Wallace "68"; (Reid Stubbs). Cream label, blue print. [From the record label] #349 Various Artists Moves for Vietnam Peace 1967 · Album · Orsonic # OR-157-BEMVP · USA
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Moves for Vietnam Peace (Various Artists) [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #350 Harrison E. Salisbury Behind the Lines: North Vietnam and the United States 1967 · Album · CMS # CMS 104 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. (1) [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #351 Marc Moro Viet-Nam-Nam -Nam 1967 · Album · 7 chansons subjectives / 6 chansons objectives · Disques Jacques Canetti # 48 817 · France
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Viet-Nam-Nam -NamFrench, chanson
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Gatefold sleeve. Distributed by Polydor S.A. Recorded at Studio Louis Gasté; engineer André Touaty. Orchestra/arranged: Jean-Jacques Robert Et Son…1968
- 30 January: NVA and Vietcong launch Tet Offensive
- 16 March: My Lai Massacre led by Lt. William Calley [not released to public]
- 31 March: Johnson decides not to seek re-election
- 4 April: Assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King
- 10 May: Peace talks start in Paris
- 1 July: General Westmoreland replaced by General Abrams
- 28 August: Anti-war protest outside Democratic National Convention, Chicago
- 31 October: US Rolling Thunder bombing campaign halted
- 5 November: Richard Nixon elected US president
- 27 November: Henry Kissinger appointed National Security Adviser
1968
#352 The Staple Singers John Brown 1968 · Single · Pray On · Epic # LN 24237 · USA
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"John Brown" - soul cover of Bob Dylan anti-war song #353 Bob Seger System 2+2=? 1968 · Single · 2 + 2 = ? / Death Row · Capitol # 2143 · USA
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Bob Seger in the song "2 + 2 = ?" (Capitol Records # 2143) took an anti-war position. It featured on the album Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (Capitol # ST-172). Interestingly, Bob Seger, born in Detroit, Michigan (6 May 1945), earlier in 1966 released a novelty Vietnam record with the group The…Notes
Capitol 2143 (45-59079), manufactured by Capitol Records Inc.; "2 + 2 = ?" (Bob Seger), Gear Publishing Co., ASCAP, 2:45; produced by Hideout Productions.… #354 The Fugs Exorcising The Evil Spirits From The Pentagon October 21, 1967 1968 · Album · Tenderness Junction · Reprise # RS 6280 · USA
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Another two anti-war songs from the Fugs appeared on this 1968 album. As mentioned above, the Fugs often played at anti-Vietnam demonstrations. This led them to being mentioned in Norman Mailer's famous portrayal of the 1967 March on the Pentagon in the book Armies of the Night: History… #355 The Fugs War Song 1968 · Album · Tenderness Junction · Reprise # RS 6280 · USA
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Also on the album is the track "War Song" , which referred to the chemical weapon Napalm B and the burn wounds that they caused - the US used this weapons extensively in Indochina, dropping 388,000 tons between 1963 and 1973.2 The weapons, largely supplied by Dow Chemical, became a target… #356 The Doors The Unknown Soldier 1968 · Single · The Unknown Soldier / We Could Be So Good Together · Elektra # EK-45628 · USA
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Psychedelic rock group, formed in July 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA, featuring Robby Krieger (guitar), John Densmore (drums), Ray Manzarek (keyboards, bass pedals, vocals), and Jim Morrison (vocals, 1965-71). Note that the group released the song "Peace Frog" on their 1970 album Mo…Notes
Elektra EK-45628-A, red and black Elektra logo label; "The Unknown Soldier" (The Doors), 2:51, Nipper Music, ASCAP; produced by Paul A. Rothchild; Elektra… #357 The Byrds Draft Morning 1968 · Album · Notorious Byrd Brothers · Columbia # CL 2775 · USA
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The Byrds protest song "Draft Morning" (Columbia Records # CS 9575) questioned the point of war, in a poignant, poetic fashion. It was a very creative draft song, with very few words. It was composed by David Crosby, and told the story of a soldier waking up on the morning of his… #358 Tom Paxton Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues 1968 · Album · Morning Again · Elektra # EKS 74019 · USA
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Tom Paxton wrote the satirical song "Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues" (Elektra Records # EKS 74019), both anti-Vietnam, as well as critical of US marijuana policy through the use of comedy. A new soldier "landed in Vietnam" and went out on patrol in the jungle "swattin' flies" . Eventually… #359 Tom Parrott Hole in the Ground 1968 · Many Windowed Night · Folkways # FTS 3102 · USA
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Artist background
Tom Parrott, born in Washington D.C., USA, in 1944, a prominent member of the contemporary folk scene in the 1960s, wrote many political songs addressing the Vietnam War, such as the song"The Freedoms We've Been Fighting For" (1967), the song"Hole in the Ground" (1968),… #360 Phil Ochs White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land 1968 · Album · Tape From California · A&M # SP 4148 · USA
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On the album Tape From California (A&M Records # SP 4148) featured the well known and memorable "The War Is Over". Also on this album, the track "White Boots Marching in a Yellow Land" , which took a strong anti-war position. It used a more poetic approach compared to Ochs' other… #361–363 Joan Baez Baptism 1968 · Album · Vanguard # VSD-79275 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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As discussed above, Joan Baez played an active and important role in the 1960s/70s protest and civil rights movement. She was born on Staten Island, New York, on 9 January 1941. Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico, and she has spoken of identifying with the Mexican-American community.… Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#361 Joan Baez Song in the Blood 1968 · Album · Baptism · Vanguard # VSD-79275 · USA
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As discussed above, Joan Baez played an active and important role in the 1960s/70s protest and civil rights movement. She was born on Staten Island, New York, on 9 January 1941. Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico, and she has spoken of identifying with the Mexican-American community.… #362 Joan Baez I Saw the Vision of Armies 1968 · Album · Baptism · Vanguard # VSD-79275 · USA
Annotation: see “Song in the Blood” above (same release).
#363 Joan Baez Minister of War 1968 · Album · Baptism · Vanguard # VSD-79275 · USA
Annotation: see “Song in the Blood” above (same release).
#364 Pete Seeger Anti-Vietnam Songs / Waist Deep in the Big Muddy / Arts in a Changing Society / Violence and Protest 1968 · Live · Pete Seeger Sings and Answers Questions · Broadside # BRS 502 · USA
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The track "Anti-Vietnam Songs / Waist Deep in the Big Muddy / Arts in a Changing Society / Violence and Protest" (Broadside Records # BRS 502), clocking in at 27 minutes, includes a short clip of Seeger playing "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" and a good full, live version of "Waist Deep… #365–367 Various Artists Pete Seeger Now 1968 · Album · Columbia # CS 9717 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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The song "Talking Ben Tre" (Columbia Records # CS 9717), featured on the album Pete Seeger Now (Columbia Records # CS 9717). Lyrics by Jan Davidson, which appeared in Broadside Magazine # 93, July / August 1968. It told the story of a US platoon attacking a suspected "Viet Cong" village,…Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#365 Pete Seeger The Torn Flag 1968 · Album · Pete Seeger Now · Columbia # CS 9717 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Seeger with Bernice Reagon.
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The song "The Torn Flag" , which featured on the album Pete Seeger Now (Columbia Records # CS 9717) - the lyrics of which first appeared in Broadside # 91, dated 1968 - was a Vietnam-era protest - the flag was often used in both patriotic and protest songs as a symbol for the country and… Notes
Columbia Stereo CS 9717, "Pete Seeger Now with Bernice Reagon & The Reverend Fred Kirkpatrick"; produced by John Hammond, engineering Edward T. Graham and… #366 Pete Seeger Talking Ben Tre 1968 · Album · Pete Seeger Now · Columbia # CS 9717 · USA
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The song "Talking Ben Tre" (Columbia Records # CS 9717), featured on the album Pete Seeger Now (Columbia Records # CS 9717). Lyrics by Jan Davidson, which appeared in Broadside Magazine # 93, July / August 1968. It told the story of a US platoon attacking a suspected "Viet Cong" village,…Notes
Columbia Stereo CS 9717, "Pete Seeger Now with Bernice Reagon & The Reverend Fred Kirkpatrick"; produced by John Hammond, engineering Edward T. Graham and… #367 Pete Seeger & Bernice Johnson Reagon Backlash Blues 1968 · Album · Pete Seeger Now · Columbia # CS 9717 · USA
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The song "Backlash Blues" on the album Pete Seeger Now (Columbia Records # CS 9717) - a cover of Nina Simone & Langston Hughes song, originally on the 1967 album Nina Simone Sings the Blues. Seeger on banjo, and Bernice Johnson Reagon providing vocals. The first verse made a connection… Notes
Columbia Stereo CS 9717, "Pete Seeger Now with Bernice Reagon & The Reverend Fred Kirkpatrick"; produced by John Hammond, engineering Edward T. Graham and… #368 Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick & Jimmy Collier The Fires of Napalm 1968 · Album · Everybody's Got a Right to Live · Broadside # BR 308 · USA
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"Everybody's Got a Right to Live" (Broadside Records # BR 308), a contemporary folk album collaboration between .... Kirkpatrick had an interesting political career in edition to his musical work. Born in Haynesville, Louisiana in 1933, he established in 1964 the CORE Group - Congress of… #369 Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick & Jimmy Collier Hands Off Nkrumah 1968 · Album · Everybody's Got a Right to Live · Broadside # BR 308 · USA
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Firstly, the album contained the song track "Hands Off Nkrumah" - a reference to Kwame Nkrumah, the first president and prime minister of Ghana following independence from British rule. The song warned the CIA and FBI from getting involved in Ghanian politics, making a comparison to… #370 Brother Will Hairston The War in Vietnam 1968 · Single · The War in Vietnam / When I'm Gone · Knowles # K-106 · USA
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Brother Will Hairston, blues gospel artist, born on 22 November 1919 in Brookfield, Mississippi, USA (died 7 March 1988), known as the Hurricane of the Motor City, released several topical, history records, including the JFK tribute, Story of President Kennedy, and the MLK and Civil…Notes
Knowles Recording Co., Detroit, Mich. 48212, K 106 A, 45 RPM; Brother Will Hairston, "The Hurricane of the Motor City", phone 871-0144; "The War in… #371 Junior Wells The Hippies Are Trying 1968 · Single · The Hippies Are Trying / You're Tuff Enough · Blue Rock # B-4052 · USA
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Junior Wells, born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. (1934-1998) in Memphis Tennessee, moved to Chicago in the late 1940s and based his career in the Chicago soul scene, well-known for his vocals and harmonica. He also wrote and recorded the song "Vietnam-Blues" , released as a single in 1967, a… Notes
Blue Rock (Mercury) B-4052, matrix 1-41942, blue label; "The Hippies Are Trying" (Daniels, Moore), 4:09, Jadan Music - MRC Music Inc., BMI; produced by… #372 Madame Nellie Robinson Viet Nam 1968 · Single · Viet Nam / Mini Your Dress Is Too Short · Gospel Corner # 127 · USA
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In the blues / gospel track "Viet Nam" (Gospel Corner Records # GC-127) Madame Nellie Robinson pleaded for the conclusion of the Vietnam War - "settle this war in Vietnam" - in order to stop people from dying: "lord have mercy, a child is dying" . It considered the pain felt by those… Notes
Gospel Corner Records GC-127-B, "Subsidiary of Proverb Records", 5328 So. Central Ave., Los Angeles 11, Calif., green label; "Viet Nam" (Madame Nellie… #373 The Southern Bells Viet Nam 1968 · Single · Viet Nam / You Will Be There · Woodruff # 402 · USA
Credited on the record as The Southern Bells (Lead: Isaac Sumlin).
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The track "Viet Nam" by the Southern Bells (Woodruff Enterprises Inc. # 402) - a gospel, soul group from Atlanta, Georgia - leaned towards the anti-war side of the debate. Referencing President Johnson and his "pledge" (presumably to preserve an independent South Vietnam), the narrator… Notes
Woodruff Enterprises Inc. #402, 625 Reed St. S.E., Atlanta, Ga., red label, side 1, 45 RPM; "Viet Nam", time 2:58, Woodruff Music, BMI; The Southern… #374 The Impressions Dont Cry My Love 1968 · Single · Don't Cry My Love / Sometimes I Wonder · ABC # 11135 · USA
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The song "Don't Cry My Love" (ABC Records # 11135), composed by Mayfield and Oscar Brown Jr. is narrated from the perspective of a soldier "going to war" to find his brother, and return to the US with him, alive. Interestingly, it contained a civil rights message. The soldier asked his… Notes
ABC Records 45-11135, matrix AMP 45-14869, "A Product of ABC Records Inc., New York, N.Y. 10019 - Made in USA"; "Don't Cry My Love" (C. Mayfield, O.… #375 The Put On Company Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go) 1968 · Single · Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go) / Detroit Spiritual · Jest # J-101 · USA
Credited on the record as The Put On Company featuring Doug Salma.
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A novelty protest record about the draft - as suggested by the title of the band ("Put On", meaning it is not true). In addition, they called the private label Jest Records, while the Social Climbers produced the song. So the track "Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go)" (Jest Records #… Notes
Jest Records, P.O. Box 349, Hollywood, Calif. 90028, J-101 (J-1001-A), 45 RPM, yellow label; "Please Mr. Johnson (I Don't Wanna Go)" (D. Salamanca - G.… #376 The Nice America (2nd Amendment) 1968 · Single · America (2nd Amendment) / The Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon · Immediate # IMF 513 · France
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The track "America (2nd Amendment)" (Immediate # IM 068) is an instrumental protest song by the British group The Nice - an arrangement from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. It also appeared under the title "America". 2nd amendment referred to the US Bill of Rights statute for bearing… #377 Earth Opera American Eagle Tragedy 1968 · Single · American Eagle Tragedy / When You Were Full of Wonder · Elektra # EKSN 45049 · USA
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The protest song "American Eagle Tragedy" (Elektra Records # EK-45636) by the Boston psychedelic band Earth Opera, composed by Peter Rowan, referred to boys being sent to die in a "foreign jungle war" , and called for an end to the conflict. It also appeared on their second album The Great…Notes
Elektra EKSN 45049, Side One, red label with silver Elektra logo, four-prong centre, ℗ 1968, "Made in Gt. Britain", "Polydor Records Limited"; "American… #378 The Animals Sky Pilot 1968 · Single · Sky Pilot (Part 1) / Sky Pilot (Part 2) · MGM # K-13939 · UK
Credited on the record as Eric Burdon and The Animals.
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The song "Sky Pilot" (MGM Records # K-13939), by the British psychedelic rock band the Animals, featured on the 1968 album The Twain Shall Meet. The group formed in 1962 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, UK. The song is typically thought to be about the Vietnam War, although the…Notes
MGM K 13939: "Sky Pilot (Part One)" (104,896), BMI, 2:55, and "Sky Pilot (Part Two)" (104,897), BMI, 4:30, both written… #379 John Wesley Ryles Kay 1968 · Single · Kay / Come On Home · Columbia # 4-44682 · USA
Credited on the record as John Wesley Ryles, I.
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Country artist born on 2 December 1950 in Bastrop, Louisiana, USA, he scored a few hits in the late 1960s and 70s, with his most famous song being "Kay" (Columbia Records # 4-44682), an example of anti-war sentiment spreading into the traditionally conservative country genre. It was about… Notes
"two young soldiers" told the taxi driver that "they hate that war in Vietnam" Columbia 4-44682 (ZSP 138746), red label, 45 RPM; "Kay" (H. Mills), 3:41;… #380 Curly Herdman The Blind Soldier From Vietnam 1968 · Single · The Blind Soldier From Vietnam / Heartaches and tears · Arzee # RZ-106-X · USA
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The country song "The Blind Soldier From Vietnam" (Arzee # RZ-106-X) took an anti-war and plight of the soldier interpretation. Curly Herman (1918-1986), from West Virginia, a fiddler in the 1960s, sometimes headed a group called the West Virginia Boys. He died shortly after the recording… Notes
Arzee RZ-106-X, 1739 N. 3rd St., Phila, PA. 19122; "The Blind Soldier From Vietnam" (Curly Herdman), 2:57, Peer Inter'l Corp. (BMI); Curly Herdman;… #381 Ian Temple Vietnam Prayer 1968 · Single · Ianon # LYN 1389 · UK
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The song "Vietnam Prayer" by Ian Temple, an unknown artist from Britain, had written on the record label: "sold for medical supplies to all Vietnam". It took a satirical approach, mocking the use of religion and war: "And remember Yankee boy, when you're off to bomb Hanoi, it's for LBJ… Notes
Ianon Records LYN 1389, 45 r.p.m., plain cream label; "Vietnam Prayer", Ian Temple; "sold for medical supplies to all Vietnam."; made in England by… #382 Henri Gougaud Viet-Nam 1968 · EP · Viet-Nam / Ma femme / La légende des loups / Les roses de mai · AZ # EP 1171 · France
Credited on the record as Henri Gougaud, accompagné par François Rauber.
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The pace of French protest against the US war in Vietnam really picked up in 1968, with huge demonstrations in Paris. The song "Viet-Nam" (Disc'AZ # EP-1171) by French poet and writer Henri Gougaud took an anti-war perspective. The lyrics sought to capture the smells and sounds of… Notes
Disc AZ EP 1171 (Production Essex; 32 rue François-1er, Paris), four-track EP: "Viet-Nam" 2:45 and "Ma femme" 2:40 on face A, "La légende des loups" and… #383 Francesca Solleville Viet-Nam 1968 · EP · Et je t'appelle / Viet-Nam / Lorsque nous serons vieux / Vent d'Amérique · BAM # EX 654 · France
Credited on the record as Francesca Solleville; arrangements Jean-François Gaël, accompagnement instrumental direction Bernard Pierrot.
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Chanson artist, born on 2 March 1932 in Périgueux, France. The song "Viêt-Nam" (BAM # EX 654), a cover of the Henri Gougaud song immediately above.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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BAM EX 654 (Éditions de la Boîte à Musique, 133 boulevard Raspail, Paris), four-track EP: "Et je t'appelle" (Sani – Lise Médini) 2:50 and "Viet-Nam"… #384 Hélène Martin L'enfant mort 1968 · Single · L'enfant mort (single) · Disques du Cavalier # RM 380 · France
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Chanson artist, born on 10 December 1928, in Paris, France, and died 21 February 2021, in Cordemais, France. This album featured the song "L'enfant mort" ( "The Dead Child" ) (Disques du Cavalier # CVR LM 84). She also released this in 1973 on the charity single L'enfant mort / Bonnes…Notes
Disques du Cavalier RM 380 (matrix H. RM 380 A), 45 t. mono, BIEM, Face A "L'enfant mort" (R. M. Moulin et Hélène Martin), "à la guitare: Jean-François… #385–387 Glen Tomasetti The Ballad of Bill White 1968 · Single · MP # 57 · Australia
All 3 songs from this single in the archive are in this collection
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Glen Tomasetti, contemporary folk artist born 21 May 1929 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She died 25 June 2003. This EP contained three anti-Vietnam War songs.. The first song "Ballad of Bill White" (MP 57) told the true story of a Sydney-based school teacher William "Bill" White, who… Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#385 Glen Tomasetti The Ballad of Bill White 1968 · Single · The Ballad of Bill White · MP # 57 · Australia
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Glen Tomasetti, contemporary folk artist born 21 May 1929 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She died 25 June 2003. This EP contained three anti-Vietnam War songs.. The first song "Ballad of Bill White" (MP 57) told the true story of a Sydney-based school teacher William "Bill" White, who… Notes
Matrix MP-57-A; "composed and sung by Glen Tomasetti", copyright Glen Tomasetti. MP 57, 45, picture labels with a black-and-white photograph of Glen… #386 Glen Tomasetti The Army's Appeal to Mothers 1968 · Single · The Ballad of Bill White · MP # 57 · Australia
Annotation: see “The Ballad of Bill White” above (same release).
#387 Glen Tomasetti Do Not Sing the Old Songs 1968 · Single · The Ballad of Bill White · MP # 57 · Australia
Annotation: see “The Ballad of Bill White” above (same release).
#388 Don Henderson Boonaroo 1968 · Album · One Out · Union # US-2 · Australia
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Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #389 Mike Leyden Chessboard of Vietnam 1968 · EP · Music by Mike Leyden · Mutual · Australia
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Rare Australian record, featuring contemporary folk protest songs, including "Chessboard of Vietnam" (Mutual Records), with words by Jim Allen, and music by Mike Leyden. A copy is available in the Papers of Warren Fahey.1 The lyrics of this song featured in The Vietnam Songbook published… #390 Quilapayún Por Vietnam 1968 · Album · X Vietnam · Jota Jota # JJL-01 · Chile
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The song "Por Vietnam" (Discoteca del Cantar Popular # JJL-01) by Quilapayún, formed in 1965 in Santiago, Chile. Members included Eduardo Carrasco (wind instruments, vocals), Carlos Quezada (percussion, guitar, vocals), Guillermo Oddó (guitar, percussion, vocals), Hernán Gomez (guitar,… Notes
Jota Jota JJL-01 is the original Chilean mono LP (1968, Juventudes Comunistas); the album was later reissued in Europe (France: Dicap / Pathé Marconi EMI… #391 The Rudies Train to Vietnam 1968 · Single · Train to Vietnam / Skaville to Rainbow City · Nu Beat # NB 001 · UK
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The Rudies, a UK based reggae group, active between 1966 and 1975. Members included Earl Dunn (lead guitar), Ardley White (bass), Sonny Binns (organ), Danny Smith (drums), Alfred Peters [a.k.a. Freddie Notes] (vocals, drums, ?-1970), Glenroy Oakley (vocals, 1970-75). The song "Train to…Notes
Nu Beat NB.001A, 45 RPM, orange and green label with push-out centre; "Train to Vietnam" (Mitchell), Palmer Music, ℗ 1968; distributed by Pama Records… #392 The Jamaicans With Tommy McCook Peace and Love 1968 · Single · Peace and Love / Woman Go Home · Treasure Isle # TI-7037 · Jamaica
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The song "Peace and Love" (Treasure Isle Records # TI-7037) is a collaboration between The Jamaicans (a rocksteady group formed in 1966 in Jamaica) and Tommy McCook (reggae artist, born 3 March 1927, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, died 5 May 1998, Atlanta, Georgia, USA). It took a… #393 The Mighty Stalin Immortal Message of Martin Luther King 1968 · Single · The Immortal Message of Martin Luther King / Miss Tourist Replies · Freedom # FR-002 · USA
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The calypso song "Immortal Message of Martin Luther King" (Freedom Records # FR-002) is of course a tribute to Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated on 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. While recalling the activities of MLK and his fight for equal rights, it made… #394 Little Joe & The Latinaires A la guerra ya me llevan 1968 · Single · A la guerra ya me llevan / Como un perro · Buena Suerte # 929 · USA
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The tejano song "A la guerra ya me llevan" ( "They're Taking Me to the War" ) (Buena Suerte Records # 929), narrated from the soldier's perspective, expressed opposition to being drafted to go to the war, leaning towards the anti-war side: "they're taking me against my will" . Little Joe… Notes
Buena Suerte Records 929, 45 RPM, LH-4865, P.O. Box 3725, Temple, Texas 76501; "A la guerra ya me llevan" (D.A.R.), canción ranchera, time 2:40; Little… #395 The Shurfine Singers Silent Night & the 11 O'Clock News 1968 · Single · Silent Night & the 11 O'Clock News / Go Tell It On the Mountain · Josie # 969 · USA
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The song "Silent Night & the 11 O'clock News" (Josie Records # 969) from gospel/soul singers Shurfine Singers takes a very similar approach to the well-known Simon & Garfunkel single 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night, playing the Christmas hymn "Silent Night" with a a news monologue in the… Notes
Josie Record No. 45-969 (Joz-570), "A Product of Jay-Gee Record Co., Inc., N.Y."; "Silent Night & the 11 O'Clock News" (Wendell Parker), Benell Music… #396 Roger Jones Big Brother (Home for Christmas) 1968 · Single · Big Brother (Home for Christmas) / Three Little Monkeys · New Star # NS 129 · USA
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Just like the famous Becky Lamb, the song "Big Brother (Home for Christmas)" (New Star Records # NS 129) featured a child narrator whose older brother fought in Vietnam. The tune "Silent Night" played in the background. This can be classified as an anti-war song, as the child's mother… Notes
New Star NS 129 (65), "Manufactured by New Star Records · Goodlettsville, Tennessee · U.S.A."; "Big Brother (Home for Christmas)" (J. L. Cook & Fern… #397 Peter, Paul and Mary Eugene McCarthy for President (If You Love Your Country) 1968 · Single · Eugene McCarthy for President (If You Love Your Country) / If You Love Your Country (Song and Speech Excerpts) · Pepamar # ZTSP 140676 · USA
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The song "Eugene McCarthy for President (If You Love Your Country)" (No label)Contemporary folk, anti-war. 1968 campaign song for Eugene McCarthy, who ran for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, against the president Lyndon B. Johnson, and then Robert F. Kennedy, and Hubert…
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White label with no company name; side A ZTSP 140676, "Eugene McCarthy for President (If You Love Your Country)", "Written and Performed by Peter, Paul… #398 Peter, Paul and Mary If You Love Your Country (Song and Speech Excerpts) 1968 · Single · Eugene McCarthy for President (If You Love Your Country) / If You Love Your Country (Song and Speech Excerpts) · Pepamar # ZTSP 140676 · USA
Credited on the record as Peter, Paul and Mary, Eugene McCarthy.
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The song "If You Love Your Country (Song and Speech Excerpts)" . This version included speech excerpts from McCarthy. Excerpt 1:"A war which the bishops of Vietnam have recently cried out 'in the name of god, let it end'. A war which has been denounced in the words of the Vietnamese poet…
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White label with no company name; side A ZTSP 140676, "Eugene McCarthy for President (If You Love Your Country)", "Written and Performed by Peter, Paul… #399 Stanley Morgan's World Famous Ink Spots Here Comes the Prez When Humphrey Wins This Year 1968 · Single · Here Comes the Prez When Humphrey Wins This Year / Hubert Humphrey Speaks Out · Abbey # AGI-10015 · USA
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- Pop campaign, anti-war, Civil Rights, Nixon, JFK, economic, education, poverty- A-Side: campaign song, vote Humphrey, he will end the war in Vietnam
-…
#400–402 Minette Come to Me at Tea Time 1968 · Album · Collectors Choice · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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"Hey, Hey, LBJ, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?" "LBJ, Don't Take My Man Away"
"Pentagon, Please Be Gone"
#400 Hey! Hey! LBJ How Many Kids Did You Kill Today? #401 LBJ - Don't Take My Man Away #402 Pentagon, Please Be Gone
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#400 Minette Hey! Hey! LBJ How Many Kids Did You Kill Today? 1968 · Album · Come to Me at Tea Time · Collectors Choice · USA
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"Hey, Hey, LBJ, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?" "LBJ, Don't Take My Man Away"
"Pentagon, Please Be Gone"
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LGBTQ #401 Minette LBJ - Don't Take My Man Away 1968 · Album · Come to Me at Tea Time · Collectors Choice · USA
Annotation: see “Hey! Hey! LBJ How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?” above (same release).
#402 Minette Pentagon, Please Be Gone 1968 · Album · Come to Me at Tea Time · Collectors Choice · USA
Annotation: see “Hey! Hey! LBJ How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?” above (same release).
#403 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band A Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death 1968 · Album · A Child's Guide to Good & Evil · Reprise # RS 6298 · USA
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Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death, A (West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band)Napalm, anti-war. Psychedelic rock.
#404 Ultimate Spinach Dove in Hawk's Clothing 1968 · Album · Ultimate Spinach · MGM # SE 4518 · USA
#405 The Monkees Zor and Zam 1968 · Album · The Birds, the Bees & The Monkees · Colgems # COS-109 · USA
#406 Bucky Wilkin Delta Day (No Time to Cry) 1968 · Single · Delta Day (No Time to Cry) / I Wanna Be Free · RCA Victor # 47-9492 · USA
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Delta Day (No Time to Cry) (Wilkin, Bucky)Psychedelic folk rock, soldier's perspective, combat sound-effects, protest, anti-war
Men waking to hear…
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RCA Victor 47-9492 (WPKM-1880), yellow "Plug Side – Not for Sale" label; "Delta Day (No Time to Cry)" (Wilkin, Kristofferson, Wilkin), 3:16, Buckhorn… #407 Transatlantic Railroad Why Me 1968 · Single · Irahs / Why Me · Phoenix # PH 2 · USA
Credited on the record as Trans-Atlantic Railroad.
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Garage rock, protest, draft dodging."Why Me" , why they want to send me across the sea.
From D.C. I'll run, don't want to fight
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Phoenix Records of New York PH 2 (P-00008), "A Division of Sire Records", marked "Not for Sale", on the label's phoenix-bird design; "Why Me" (Rick Beban)… #408 The Central Nervous System It Takes All Kinds 1968 · Single · It Takes All Kinds / I'm Still Hung Up on You · Laurie # LR 3421 · Canada
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Protest / Cassius Clay / AtomicGarage rock
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Laurie Records Inc., New York, Record No. LR 3421, "Advance Release" promotional label, matrix UK4M-0920; "It Takes All Kinds" (R. Dahrouge–E. Woolley),… #409 Pat McGeehan In This Our Time 1968 · Single · Requiem for a King / In This Our Time · Hiback # HB-116 · USA
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Hiback HB-116 (H-56), yellow and black label, Hollywood, California; "In This Our Time" (Larry Young; arr. Bill Stafford), Joger Music Company, ASCAP,… #410 Toby Lurie One Boy Has Died in the War 1968 · Single · One Boy Has Died in the War / Conversation · CMS # 615 · USA
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One Boy Has Died in the War (Lurie, Toby)Conversation (Lurie, Toby)
Spoken narration, chant.
A-side: Angry anti-war. Boy has died -
Hear it on the news,…
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CMS 45-615-A / 45-615-B, 45 RPM, stereo, white label marked "Promotional Copy – Not for Sale", 14 Warren St., N.Y.C., "all rights owned by CMS Records".… #411 Toby Lurie Conversation 1968 · Single · One Boy Has Died in the War / Conversation · CMS # 615 · USA
Annotation: see “One Boy Has Died in the War” above (same release).
#412 Arthur Prysock No Sun Today 1968 · Single · Verve # VK-10592-SS · USA
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No Sun Today (Prysock, Arthur)Traditional pop. Combat, soldier's perspective.
Message to mother, describes the sounds of war.
Afraid to fight. Can I kill?
He…
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Verve Records VK-10592-SS (104,447), "MGM Records – A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc."; "No Sun Today" (James Last – Fred Anisfield – Scott… #413 Hugh X. Lewis War Is Hell 1968 · Single · War Is Hell / With These Hands · Kapp # K-921 · USA
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War Is Hell (Lewis, Hugh X.)Country singer - has a psychedelic pop feel to it.
Combat song - leans toward anti-war.
Soldier daydreams about his family.…
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Kapp K-921 (K-11230), "Radio Station Copy", white label, date 6/7/68 handwritten; "War Is Hell" (Lewis - Floyd - Brown), 3:18, Moss Rose Pub., BMI;… #414 Russ Rayman Symbol of Peace 1968 · Single · Are We Really Civilized / Symbol of Peace · Utopia # 101 · USA
Credited on the record as Russ Rayman and Chorus.
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Symbol of Peace (Rayman, Russ)Are We Really Civilized (Rayman, Russ)
Probably from Texas, USA.
Pop, anti-war / peace. Vietnam-era, civil rights.
A-side: generic peace song.
B-side: starts with conflict between colonists and Indians.
Now leaders greedy for power. Warning against atomic…
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Utopia/Texas Records 101, blue label with silver lettering; both sides "Vocal by... Russ Rayman and Chorus", words and music by Russ Rayman, arranged by… #415 Russ Rayman Are We Really Civilized 1968 · Single · Are We Really Civilized / Symbol of Peace · Utopia # 101 · USA
Credited on the record as Russ Rayman and Chorus.
Annotation: see “Symbol of Peace” above (same release).
#416 Michigan Stone Foxx Love Not War 1968 · Single · Love Not War / Born December 2 67 - Died Jul 4, 68 · Pompeii # 45-66676 · USA
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ove Not War (Michigan Stone Foxx)Funk / soul. Dallas, Texas, USA. Anti-war.
Sick and tired of differences - make love not war.
Vietnam-era, hippie.
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Pompeii Records 45-66676, white label, vocal, PP-14933-PL, "Plug Side"; "Love Not War" (McKay & Bland), time 2:17, Pub., Pompeii-Attack, BMI; "Produced by… #417 Donafaye As We March to Different Drummers 1968 · Single · As We March to Different Drummers / The Peacock Said Coo Coo · United Artists # UA 50322 · USA
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As We March to Different Drummers (Donafaye)Folk rock, anti-war
Children play war games while fathers die in the war
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United Artists UA 50322 (ZTSP 140436), white "Promotional Copy" label marked "Plug Side"; "As We March to Different Drummers" (A. Bernstein - D. Hess),… #418 The Rainbow Press Better Way 1968 · Single · There's a War On / Better Way · Mr. G # G-817 · USA
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There's a War On (Rainbow Press, The)Better Way
On the album: There's a War On
Psychedelic pop. General anti-war.
60s/70s changes, Vietnam era.
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mr. g records G-817 B, stereo ("also playable on mono phonographs"), 221 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019; "There's a War On" (Marc Ellis), 4:20,… #419 The Rainbow Press There's a War On 1968 · Single · There's a War On / Better Way · Mr. G # G-817 · USA
Annotation: see “Better Way” above (same release).
#420 Henson Cargill Six White Horses 1968 · Single · Six White Horses / Row Row Row · Monument # MN45-1065 · USA
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Six White Horses (Cargill, Henson)Country, home front perspective
Son has gone to war - I taught him killing is wrong
I went to his room last night, found…
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Monument Mn45-1065 (F10W-2168), "Six White Horses" (Bobby Bond), Tree Publishing Company (BMI), time 2:34; "A Don Law Production"; Monument Record Corp.,… #421 Bobby Vinton Little Barefoot Boy 1968 · Single · I Love How You Love Me / Little Barefoot Boy · Epic # 5-10397 · USA
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Little Barefoot Boy (Vinton, Bobby)Fanfare pop, soldier's perspective
Leans towards anti-war
Boy played with toys, grew up and went to war. K.I.A.
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Epic 5-10397, yellow label, 45 RPM, matrix ZSP 138209; "Little Barefoot Boy" (B. Vinton - G. Allan), 2:30, "From the Epic Album 'Take Good Care of My… #422 Dave Rich Peace on Earth Begins Today 1968 · Single · Peace on Earth Begins Today / I Believe · Stop # ST 171 · USA
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Peace on Earth Begins Today (Rich, Dave)Country, anti-war, religion, Nashville, Tennessee USA
Lay down your weapons, free yourself from hate and greed
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Stop Records ST 171 (ST5236), 45 RPM, D.J. Copy; "Peace on Earth Begins Today" (Larry Kingston), time 3:07, Window Music, BMI; Dave Rich (vocal); produced… #423 David (Butch) Rinderle Young Men's War 1968 · Single · Lynda / Young Men's War · Top Tennessee # 80445 · USA
Credited on the record as David (Butch) Rinderle with Donny Bowser's "Stone Hearts".
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Young Men's WarCountry, anti-war, soldier and home perspective.
Boys off to war, dying for you and me.
Leaving loved ones behind
What are they fighting for?
Le…
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Top Tennessee, Nashville, 80445B, 45 rpm, red label; "Young Men's War", 2:55, Mega City Music, BMI; "A Turner Production"; David (Butch) Rinderle with… #424 The Opportunity Please Knock Chorus I'll Be Back 1968 · Single · All This Talk About Freedom / I'll Be Back · Ramsel # 1000 · USA
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I'll Be Back (Opportunity Please Knock Chorus, The)Soul / funk from Chicago, Illinois.
Group created by Oscar Brown Jr.123
A-side: civil rights
B-side: soldier off to war - mother don't cry, I'll be back.
I'll write and pray for you.
Going to marry my sweetheart when the war is over.
Sourc…
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Ramsel Records, Chicago, Illinois, 1000 (68-101), ram's-head logo with blue stripes; "I'll Be Back" (O. Brown, Jr.), Edward B. Marks Music, BMI, time… #425 Odetta Peace and Harmony 1968 · Single · Peace and Harmony / Until It's Time for You to Go · Verve Forecast # KF 5087 · USA
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Verve Forecast KF5087 (104,910), "Disc Jockey Record - Not for Sale"; "Peace and Harmony" (Shelley - Ellis), 2:42, Spiral Record Corp., ASCAP; A Groscourt… #426 Bill Medley Peace Brother Peace 1968 · Single · Peace Brother Peace / Winter Won't Come This Year · MGM # K 14000 · USA
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MGM Records K-14000 (L-863), blue and gold lion label; "Peace Brother Peace" (Barry Mann), 4:15, Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc., BMI; "A Medley… #427 The Satyrs Yesterday's Hero 1968 · Single · Yesterday's Hero / Marie · Spectrum # 2668 · USA
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"Yesterday's Hero" (Satyrs, The)Garage rock. Does not mention Vietnam. General anti-war / protest lyrics.
#428 Chipper Toy Soldier 1968 · Single · Groovy Christmas / Toy Soldier · Malaco # 2002 · USA
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Also known as The Tropics Malaco No. 2002 B, white promotional label ("Promotional Copy", "Not for Sale"); "Toy Soldier" (Charles Souza), Malaco/Yubash… #429 Jim Edgar Artificial Army 1968 · Single · Artificial Army / Cheat on Your Neighbor · Pompeii # 45-66684 · USA
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Artificial Army (Edgar, Jim)Fanfare, anti-war
Oklahoma City, USA
Artificial army and leader. they marched to war
They are real, not made of steal.
Toy soldier…
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Pompeii 45-66684 (PP-15363 SP), white promotional label marked "Plug Side", vocal; "Artificial Army" (Joe Nixon-Charlie Williams), 2:31, published by… #430 Bill Lancaster Third Party System 1968 · Single · Third Party System / Joint Bank Account · Bills-45 # 45-100 · USA
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Third Party System (Lancaster, Bill)Country, draft, George Wallace.
Young man drafted to Vietnam
Returned home for the election (1968?): too young to vote.
Vo…
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Bills-45 45-100 (B-45-150-B); "Third Party System" (William Lancaster), 2:39, Lancaster Music (BMI). [From the record sleeve and labels] #431 Helen and Billy Scott Dear Daddy Uncle Sam 1968 · Single · Dear Daddy Uncle Sam / I've Got a Thing About You · Chance # 1320-C68 · USA
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Dear Daddy Uncle Sam (Scott, Helen and Billy)Home front perspective, anti-war
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Girl's letter to the president
Daddy left on a trip. Mum…
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Chance 1320-C68 (80931b), "The Cincinnati Sound", D. J. Copy, 45 RPM; "Dear Daddy Uncle Sam" (Bob Newman) (Om-2), Hill and Range, BMI, time 2:30; Helen… #432 Jefferson County Bluegrass Boys Craziest War of the Universe 1968 · Single · The Craziest War of the Universe / Lets Sing a Song for Daddy · Rimrock # RS 266 · USA
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Craziest War of the Universe (Jefferson County Bluegrass BoysBluegrass, protest, anti-war
Concord, Arkansas, USA
We are fighting a crazy war in Vietnam -…
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Rimrock Records RS 266 A, 45 RPM, Rimrock Records, Concord, Arkansas; yellow label with a drawing of deer and a mountain landscape; "The Craziest War of… #433 The Five Americans Generation Gap 1968 · Single · Generation Gap / The Source · Abnak # AB-132 · USA
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Abnak AB-132 (5464), "D. J. Copy – Not For Sale", "Plug Side", pressed on yellow vinyl; "Generation Gap" (M. Rabon, J. Durrill, N. Ezell), Jetstar, BMI,… #434 The Cisum Medal of Honor 1968 · Single · Medal of Honor / Mrs. Orange · Epic # 5-10362 · USA
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Medal of Honor (Cisum, The)Psychedelic rock, anti-war, medals.
Remember when he left for war, now he's dead in a foreign land.
Received news - he will be…
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Epic 5-10362 (JZSP 138119), 45 RPM, white label with pink triangle marked "Radio Station Copy"; "Medal of Honor" (D. Brightman, P. Galdston), 2:12,… #435 Leoncarlo Settimelli Ballata per Ho-Chi-Minh 1968 · Single · Ballata per Ho-Chi-Minh / Ci siam spezzati le mani · Moon # GNP-NP 79028 · Italy
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Ballad for Ho-Chi-Minh (Settimelli, Leoncarlo)Italian
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Member of Canzoniere Internazionale #436 Benedicto No Vietnam 1968 · EP · Eu son a voz do pobo / No Vietnam / Un home / O arte de amar · Edigsa # Xis 3 · Spain
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Born7 May 1947, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Died
4 June 2018, same location
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Also known as Benedicto García Villar [birth name] Edigsa / Xistral XIS 3, 45 rpm, four-track EP; "Producido en España por Iberofón, S.A.", S.G.A.E., Dep.… #437–448 Royal Shakespeare Company Tell Me Lies 1968 · Musical · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
All 12 songs from this musical in the archive are in this collection
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Soundtrack to Vietnam War film.Note: need to catalogue songs
Protest, anti-war
UK
#437 Tell Me Lies #438 Any Complaints #439 Barry Bondhus #440 Escalation #441 God Is Flame #442 Icarus #443 The Leeches #444 Make and Break #445 Road Number One #446 Rose of Saigon #447 When Dreams Collide #448 Zapping the Cong
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#437 Royal Shakespeare Company Tell Me Lies 1968 · Musical · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Soundtrack to Vietnam War film.Note: need to catalogue songs
Protest, anti-war
UK
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1968 British documentary drama film directed and produced by Peter Brook. Based on the 1966 play US by Denis Cannan. Soundtrack performed by the Royal… #438 Royal Shakespeare Company Any Complaints 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#439 Royal Shakespeare Company Barry Bondhus 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#440 Royal Shakespeare Company Escalation 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#441 Royal Shakespeare Company God Is Flame 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#442 Royal Shakespeare Company Icarus 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#443 Royal Shakespeare Company The Leeches 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#444 Royal Shakespeare Company Make and Break 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#445 Royal Shakespeare Company Road Number One 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#446 Royal Shakespeare Company Rose of Saigon 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#447 Royal Shakespeare Company When Dreams Collide 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#448 Royal Shakespeare Company Zapping the Cong 1968 · Musical · Tell Me Lies · Gregar # GGS-5000 · UK
Credited on the record as Peter Brook Production with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Annotation: see “Tell Me Lies” above (same release).
#449–535 Floh de Cologne Vietnam 1968 · Album · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
All 21 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Notes
Germany #449 Einführung #450 Ansprache #451 Zuerst Kommen... #452 Tango #453 Western-Ballade #454 Kinderlied I #455 McNamara 62 #456 Kinderlied II #523 Partisanenbekämpfung #524 Kinderlied III #525 Interview #526 Hexenverbrennung #527 Vater Unser #528 Rein Technisches #529 Zitat #530 Führung #531 Wirtschaftsbericht #532 Kapitalismus, 1. Teil #533 Jack Miller #534 Sprüche #535 Kapitalismus, Letzter Teil
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#449 Floh de Cologne Einführung 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
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Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #450 Floh de Cologne Ansprache 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Annotation: see “Einführung” above (same release).
#451 Floh de Cologne Zuerst Kommen... 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Annotation: see “Einführung” above (same release).
#452 Floh de Cologne Tango 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Annotation: see “Einführung” above (same release).
#453 Floh de Cologne Western-Ballade 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Annotation: see “Einführung” above (same release).
#454 Floh de Cologne Kinderlied I 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Annotation: see “Einführung” above (same release).
#455 Floh de Cologne McNamara 62 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Annotation: see “Einführung” above (same release).
#456 Floh de Cologne Kinderlied II 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Annotation: see “Einführung” above (same release).
#523 Floh de Cologne Partisanenbekämpfung 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #524 Floh de Cologne Kinderlied III 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #525 Floh de Cologne Interview 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #526 Floh de Cologne Hexenverbrennung 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #527 Floh de Cologne Vater Unser 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #528 Floh de Cologne Rein Technisches 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #529 Floh de Cologne Zitat 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #530 Floh de Cologne Führung 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #531 Floh de Cologne Wirtschaftsbericht 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #532 Floh de Cologne Kapitalismus, 1. Teil 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #533 Floh de Cologne Jack Miller 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #534 Floh de Cologne Sprüche 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #535 Floh de Cologne Kapitalismus, Letzter Teil 1968 · Album · Vietnam · pläne # S 33 101 · Germany
Notes
Credited to Floh De Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp. Whole album is a political cabaret/collage about the Vietnam War. Scored for five speaking and singing… #457 Dietrich Kittner Vietnam 1968 · Album · Bornierte Gesellschaft · Philips # 885 438 · Germany
Notes
A song-writer for Floh de Cologne Philips 885 438 PY, stereo, 33⅓, "auch Mono abspielbar" [also playable in mono], side matrix AA 885 438.2 Y, Made in… #458 Freedom Singers Balladen om LBJ 1968 · Album · Freedom Singers 68 · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
Annotation
Notes
Swedish. Progressive folk. Anti-war. All 8 songs referenced or focused on Vietnam and American 'imperialism'.1Befria Södern (# BS-1)
Vi Visste Ingenting (We Did Nothing)
Leve Det Vietnamesiska Folkets Befrielsekamp (Long live The Vietnamese People's Liberation Struggle)
Brevet Från…
Notes
Befria Södern BS 1 (sleeve: BS 1A-B), 33 r.p.m.; red labels with silver print.The front cover is a silhouette of a raised arm holding a rifle against an…
#459–465 Freedom Singers 68 1968 · Album · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
All 7 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
#459 Befria södern! #460 Brevet från Lyndon #461 Leve det vietnamesiska folkets befrielsekamp #462 Lilla fröken An #463 McNamara-visan #464 Sången om reaktionen #465 Vi visste ingenting
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#459 Freedom Singers Befria södern! 1968 · Album · 68 · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Balladen om LBJ” above (same release).
#460 Freedom Singers Brevet från Lyndon 1968 · Album · 68 · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Balladen om LBJ” above (same release).
#461 Freedom Singers Leve det vietnamesiska folkets befrielsekamp 1968 · Album · 68 · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Balladen om LBJ” above (same release).
#462 Freedom Singers Lilla fröken An 1968 · Album · 68 · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Balladen om LBJ” above (same release).
#463 Freedom Singers McNamara-visan 1968 · Album · 68 · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Balladen om LBJ” above (same release).
#464 Freedom Singers Sången om reaktionen 1968 · Album · 68 · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Balladen om LBJ” above (same release).
#465 Freedom Singers Vi visste ingenting 1968 · Album · 68 · Befria Södern # BS-1 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Balladen om LBJ” above (same release).
#466 International Harvester Ho Chi Minh 1968 · Album · Sov gott Rose-Marie · Love # LRLP 1005 · Sweden
#467 Antonio Infantino Il Generale Westmoreland 1968 · EP · Il generale Westmoreland / Il padrone mi ha detto / Figliolo caro / La vita cambierà · P.C.I. # 2F8KQ 15521 · Italy
Credited on the record as Antonio infantino e Enzo Del Re.
Notes
ItalianNotes
Four-track 7-inch 33 rpm EP issued by the Partito Comunista Italiano (P.C.I. flag label; matrix 2F8KQ 15521; sleeve printed by Pinto, Rome): side 1 "Il… #468 Ivan Della Mea & Paolo Ciarchi Creare due tre molti Vietnam 1968 · Single · Comandante Che Guevara / Creare due tre molti Vietnam · Linea Rossa # LR 45/12 · Italy
Credited on the record as Ivan Della Mea e Paolo Ciarchi, con Silvia Malagugini e Cati Mattea.
Notes
"Creare due tre molti Vietnam" . ItalyNotes
Linea Rossa LR 45/12 (not I Dischi del Sole): B side, "Creare due, tre, molti Vietnam" (Ciarchi–Della Mea), from the show "Il mio nome è Abele", sung by… #469 Alberto D'Amico Come se fosse un gioco 1968 · EP · Il mio partito saluta Mosca · I Dischi del Sole # DS 68 · Italy
Notes
I Dischi del Sole DS 68, Serie Sperimentale, "Micro 33 giri" 7-inch, mono, Edizioni del Gallo, graphics Iliprandi, distributed by Vedette Records, October… #470 Quilapayún & Juan Capra Resfaloza del Vietnam 1968 · Album · Los Chilenos - Juan Capra · Barclay # 820180 · Chile
Credited on the record as Los Chilenos & Juan Capra.
Notes
Resfaloza from VietnamChile, South America
Notes
Los Chilenos - Chilean band "Quilapayun" according to contractual problems couldn't be credited with real name on their album recorded in Paris in 1968… #471 Manfred Krug I Ain't Marching Anymore 1968 · EP · Manfred Krug singt: Protestsongs · AMIGA # Sp.U. 459 · Germany
Notes
Famous East German singer and actor. Born in the West, he came to the GDR in 1949 with his father. #472 Manfred Krug Vietnam-Song 1968 · EP · Manfred Krug singt: Protestsongs · AMIGA # Sp.U. 459 · Germany
Annotation: see “I Ain't Marching Anymore” above (same release).
#473 Bob Leers The World's Gone Mad 1968 · Single · The World's Gone Mad / Will It Be Mine · Hiawatha # 22485 · USA
Notes
Rockabilly, soldier's perspectiveIn the middle of a war, wife left me
What the heck I'm I doing here, what are we fighting for?
On Hill 81
Wife went on a…
#474 Toby Ben Peace Wake Up to the Sunshine 1968 · Single · Peace Wake Up to the Sunshine / Draft Call · Venture # VE-613 · USA
Notes
Pop rock, anti-war, draft #475 Toby Ben Draft Call 1968 · Single · Peace Wake Up to the Sunshine / Draft Call · Venture # VE-613 · USA
Annotation: see “Peace Wake Up to the Sunshine” above (same release).
#476 Jonathan King 1968 (A Message to the Presidential Candidates) 1968 · Single · 1968 (A Message to the Presidential Candidates) / Colloquial Sex (Legend of Today) · Parrot # 45-PAR-3021 · UK
Notes
- folk rock, peace, protest- anti-politician, 1968 election, Vietnam-era
#477 Jonna Gault and Her Symphonopop Scene What If They Gave a War and No One Came? 1968 · Single · What If They Gave a War and No One Came? / Wonder Why, I Guess · RCA Victor # 47-9440 · USA
Notes
Folk rock, anti-war. 1968Notes
RCA Victor 47-9440, matrix WPKM-2401, yellow promotional label marked "Plug Side" and "Not for Sale"; "What If They Gave a War and No One Came?" (Gault),… #478 自治体東京のうたごえ [Jichitai Tokyo no Utagoe] メコン河の子守唄 [Mekong River Lullaby] 1968 · Live · '68日本のうたごえ祭典《抜粋》 [Record of the '68 Singing Voice Festival of Japan] · Center [Tokyo] # TLS-3002 / TLS-3003 · Japan
Credited on the record as 自治体東京のうたごえ.
Notes
創作発表会 (new compositions) section, recorded live at the '68 Japan Utagoe Festival, Tokyo, 21-24 November 1968 (TLS-3002 Side B). 2LP festival excerpts set,… #479 宮城のうたごえ [Miyagi no Utagoe] ベトナム参戦国の母や妻たちへ [To the Mothers and Wives of the Nations Fighting in Vietnam] 1968 · Live · '68日本のうたごえ祭典《抜粋》 [Record of the '68 Singing Voice Festival of Japan] · Center [Tokyo] # TLS-3002 / TLS-3003 · Japan
Credited on the record as 宮城のうたごえ.
Notes
創作発表会 (new compositions) section, recorded live at the '68 Japan Utagoe Festival, Tokyo, 21-24 November 1968 (TLS-3002 Side B). Addressed to the mothers… #480 Central Choir この手をつないで [Join These Hands] 1968 · EP · ＬＰステレオセンターレコード６ · Center [Tokyo] # CLS-6 · Japan
Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.
Notes
B1.Written for the 9th Japan Mothers' Convention, Aug 1967; verse 3 "to the mothers and children of Vietnam, peace and happiness" Center Record CLS-6…
#481 Central Choir あかつきの空に [In the Dawn Sky] 1968 · EP · ＬＰステレオセンターレコード６ · Center [Tokyo] # CLS-6 · Japan
Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.
Notes
B2. Okinawa farmers resisting US base expansion for the Vietnam war (Kin land struggle, Dec 1967); "Vietnam and Sunagawa" — solidarity with Vietnam,… #482–492 Various Artists 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) 1968 · Album · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
11 of the 12 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
#482 戦車と農民 (With the APC Tank Company) #483 家宅捜査 (Search of Houses) #484 戦闘 (In the Fighting) #485 故郷への手紙 #486 廃墟の老婆 (An Old Woman in the Ruins) #487 緑の故郷 (Green Native Land) #488 解放軍中隊長との出会い #489 紹介状第一号 (Letter of Introduction No. 1) #490 佐藤首相への伝言 #491 ヘリコプターの恐怖 (Terror From Helicopters) #492 脱出 (Escape From the Area)
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#482 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 戦車と農民 (With the APC Tank Company) 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #483 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 家宅捜査 (Search of Houses) 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #484 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 戦闘 (In the Fighting) 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #485 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 故郷への手紙 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #486 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 廃墟の老婆 (An Old Woman in the Ruins) 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #487 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 緑の故郷 (Green Native Land) 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #488 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 解放軍中隊長との出会い 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #489 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 紹介状第一号 (Letter of Introduction No. 1) 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #490 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 佐藤首相への伝言 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
B3. NLF message to PM Satō Eisaku Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label… #491 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] ヘリコプターの恐怖 (Terror From Helicopters) 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #492 本多勝一 [Katsuichi Honda] & 宇野重吉 [Jūkichi Uno] 脱出 (Escape From the Area) 1968 · Album · 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (本多勝一 / 宇野重吉) · Victor World # SJET-8095 · Japan
Credited on the record as 本多勝一, 宇野重吉.
Notes
Victor World Group SJET-8095 (M), mono, 33⅓ RPM, made in Japan, manufactured by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; label matrix numbers SVIR-7010-A and… #493 Various Artists 空襲下の北ベトナム (Side A) 1968 · Album · 空襲下の北ベトナム [North Vietnam Under the Air-Raid] · Columbia # JX(M)-1004 · Japan
Credited on the record as No Artist.
#494 Various Artists 空襲下の北ベトナム (Side B) 1968 · Album · 空襲下の北ベトナム [North Vietnam Under the Air-Raid] · Columbia # JX(M)-1004 · Japan
Credited on the record as No Artist.
#495 マリオ清藤 [Mario Kiyofuji] ユエの流れに [The Moonlight in Hue] 1968 · Single · ユエの流れに / 別れたって 別れたって [The Moonlight in Hue] · Express # EP-1115 · Japan
Credited on the record as マリオ清藤.
Annotation
The song "ユエの流れに (The Moonlight in Hue)" (Express # EP-1115), a Japanese pop song set during the Vietnam War based around the city of Hue - narrated from the domestic perspective, as a woman longs for her partner to return from the war: "I long for that person's heart... the sound of…Notes
A. A Hue woman waits for her lover gone to war Express EP-1115 (EP-1115-A), stereo, 45 R.P.M., JASRAC, "Mfd. by Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd. in Japan";… #496 Various Artists 1968年の世界展望 —激動の1967年— [World Outlook for 1968 – The Turbulent Year 1967] 1968 · Compilation · 朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968] · Asahi Sonorama # 97 · Japan
Notes
1A. Sound montage: Middle East war, Sino-Soviet split, Vietnam War, 50th anniversary of the Revolution in Moscow Asahi Sonorama No. 97, '68 1月号 (INDEX no.… #497 田英夫 [Hideo Den] 1968年の世界展望 – 北ベトナム報告 [Report From North Vietnam] 1968 · Compilation · 朝日ソノラマ 1968年1月号 No. 97 [Asahi Sonorama, January 1968] · Asahi Sonorama # 97 · Japan
Credited on the record as 田英夫.
Notes
1B-a. TBS newscaster Den Hideo's report from North Vietnam (1967) Asahi Sonorama No. 97, '68 1月号 (INDEX no. 97), price 300円, "Printed in Japan"; red flexi… #498 Phil Ochs The War Is Over 1968 · Single · The War Is Over / The Harder They Fall · A&M # 932 · USA
Annotation
The track "The War Is Over" (A&M Records # 932) was inspired by Allen Ginsberg's 1966 declaration that the Vietnam war was over. He played the song in front of 150,000 demonstrators in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, and at other famous rallies,… Notes
A&M Records 932; "The War Is Over" (Phil Ochs), 2:45 (1460), Barricade Music Inc. (ASCAP); arranged by Bob Thompson, produced by Larry Marks. [From the… #499 Jaime Brockett Talkin Green Beret Super Yellow Hydraulic Banana Teeny Bopper Blues 1968 · Album · Remember the Wind and the Rain · Oracle [Boston] # ORS-701 · USA
Annotation
Contemporary folk novelty song "Talkin Green Beret Super Yellow Hydraulic Banana Teeny Bopper Blues" (Oracle Records # ORS-701) by Jaime Brocket - born in Massachusetts, USA. It took an anti-war, anti-patriotic position, mocking Barry Sadler's "Ballad of the Green Berets". References… #500 Larry Sanders Where Did the Peace Go 1968 · Single · Where Did the Peace Go / Story of My Love · Sound of Soul # SOS-200 · USA
Credited on the record as Larry Sanders, The Prophet of Soul.
Annotation
The song "Where Did the Peace Go" by Larry Sanders - the "Prophet of Soul" according to the New York based record label the Sound of Soul (# SOS-200) - takes an anti-war stance, recalling the "10 long years we been fighting" and that "50,000 men have died in vain" , leaving their friends… Notes
Sound of Soul SOS-200A, 45 RPM, "Distributed by All Platinum of Englewood"; "Where Did the Peace Go" (D. Diamond), 3:18, Nitro Music Gambi BMI; Larry… #501 Adlai Stevenson Adlai Stevenson Interview 1968 · Album · The Foreign Policy of the United States · Spoken Word # SW-9406 · USA
Annotation
Democratic Party presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956 - losing both times to Eisenhower. Later, he represented the US at the UN. This spoken word record featured Stevenson's views on US foreign policy in the early 1960s and the Vietnam War (in conversation with BBC correspondent Thomas… #502 Roger Dewey Ain't Gonna Study War No More 1968 · Album · Ballad of the Green Berets & Songs of America's Fighting Men · Design # DLP-250 · USA
Notes
Patriotic. Need to catalog songs #503 Kane's Cousins Alice's Restaurant 1968 · Single · Alice's Restaurant / Drive in Window Tap Tapper · Shove Love # 45-501 · USA
Notes
Shove Love Records 45-501 (SL-17751-PL), white label marked "Vocal" and "Plug Side"; "Alice's Restaurant" (Arlo Guthrie), pub. Appleseed Music Inc.,… #504 The New Christy Minstrels Alice's Restaurant 1968 · Single · Summertime Love / Alice's Restaurant · Columbia # 4-44577 · USA
Credited on the record as The New Christy Ministrels.
Notes
Columbia 4-44577 (ZSP 138076), red label, 45 rpm; "Alice's Restaurant" (A. Guthrie), 3:15; produced by Gregar Productions. [From the record sleeve and… #505 Ivan Della Mea & Paolo Ciarchi Comandante Che Guevara 1968 · Single · Comandante Che Guevara / Creare due tre molti Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # LR 45 12 · Italy
Credited on the record as Ivan Della Mea accompagnato da Paolo Ciarchi.
Notes
Creare due tre molti Vietnam (Create two three many Vietnam)Notes
Linea Rossa LR 45/12-A, white label with red "Linea Rossa" band, text printed twice (once inverted); "Comandante Che Guevara" (Puebla), "Canta Ivan Della… #506 Roberta Flack Compared to What 1968 · Single · Compared to What / Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye · Atlantic # 45-2665 · USA
#507 Roger Dewey Fight No More 1968 · Album · Ballad of the Green Berets & Songs of America's Fighting Men · Design # DLP-250 · USA
Notes
Patriotic. Need to catalog songs #508 The Carlyes The Great Society 1968 · Single · The Great Society / Please Give Us Our Ship Back · Audio Fidelity # AF 143 · USA
#509 Hubert Humphrey Hubert Humphrey Speaks Out 1968 · Single · Here Comes the Prez When Humphrey Wins This Year / Hubert Humphrey Speaks Out · Abbey # AGI-10015 · USA
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Abbey AGI-10015, plain white label; "Hubert Humphrey Speaks Out", Hubert Humphrey, LMS Publishing. [From the record sleeve and labels] #510 John Lee Hooker I Don't Wanna Go to Vietnam 1968 · Single · I Don't Wanna Go to Vietnam / Mean Mean Woman · Bluesway # 61023 · USA
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Artist background
The well-known and influential blues singer / songwriter John Lee Hooker, known for playing an Electric Blues style of the Delta Blues, born on 22 August 1917 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, he died on 21 June 2001 in Los Altos, California, USA. Although born in…Notes
Bluesway 45-61023 ("Bluesway ... is where it's at!", ABC Records logo), side AMP 45-15381; "I Don't Wanna Go to Vietnam" (John Lee Hooker), Pamco Music,… #511 Jean Carter If You Want Peace 1968 · Single · If You Want Peace / And None Shall Make Them Afraid · Star [New York] # ST 103 · USA
Credited on the record as Jean Carter and The Centerpieces.
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Star Records Enterprises Inc., New York, N.Y., ST 103 (18-391), 45 RPM, white label marked "D. J. Copy" and "Promotion Copy — Not for Sale"; "If You Want… #512 Curly Putman Little Bitty Soldier Boys 1968 · Single · Little Bitty Soldier Boys / Untouchable You · ABC # 45-11050 · USA
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Little Bitty Soldier Boys (Putman, Curly) Country singer, born Princeton, Alabama. Based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Children playing with toy guns, the narrator hoped they could continue to play and not grow up to go to a real war, such as Vietnam.12
Sources
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ABC Records 45-11050 (AMP 45-14676), black label, "A Product of ABC Records Inc., New York, N.Y. 10019"; "Little Bitty Soldier Boys" (Curly Putman), 2:27,… #513 Michael Merchant Military Minor Blues 1968 · Single · Military Minor Blues / Figs Grow in the Winter Time · Edmark # 10020 · USA
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- "Military Minor Blues" (Merchant, Michael)- Garage rock. From Ingleside, Texas, USA. Draft.
- Man hears about the war / draft on the TV news.
- So he then…
#514 The Children Military School 1968 · Rebirth · Atco # SD 33-271 · USA
#515 Margaret Warncke Please Give Us Our Ship Back 1968 · Single · The Great Society / Please Give Us Our Ship Back · Audio Fidelity # AF 143 · USA
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Great Society (Carlyles, The)Weird novelty protest, pop. Anti-imperialism.
LBJ takes the Great Society to Asia.
References the C.I.A., communism, taxes,…
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Audio Fidelity AF 143 P, white "Promotional Copy" label, "A Study in High Fidelity Sound", "Produced by Audio Fidelity Records Inc., New York 19, N.Y.";… #516 Paul Gamble Rite Now (Part 1) 1968 · Single · Rite Now · P.G. # 601 · USA
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Rite Now (Part 1) (Gamble, Paul)Rite Now (Part 2) (Gamble, Paul)
- Both sides, spoken word, protest, Civil Rights, draft
- Racial disturbance: teenage said:…
#517 Paul Gamble Rite Now (Part 2) 1968 · Single · Rite Now · P.G. # 601 · USA
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Rite Now (Part 1) (Gamble, Paul)Rite Now (Part 2) (Gamble, Paul)
- Both sides, spoken word, protest, Civil Rights, draft
- Racial disturbance: teenage said:…
#518 Robert Tamkin A Teenage Son's Open Letter to His Father 1968 · Single · A Teenage Son's Open Letter to His Father / Hey God · Date # 2-1610 · USA
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The song "A Teenage Son's Open Letter to His Father" (Date # 2-1610) by Robert Tamkin, another response to Lundberg. This one started with the interesting scenario of the teenage boy being locked in prison, as a result of burning his drat card.However, it soon slipped into a father-son…
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Date 2-1610, 45 RPM, matrix JZSP 137291, "Radio Station Copy", "Suggested Side"; "A Teenage Son's Open Letter to His Father" (Rev. B. Alberts, PhD), 3:45,… #519 The Impressions This Is My Country 1968 · Single · This Is My Country / My Women's Love · Curtom # 1934 · USA
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Curtom CR 1934 (CR 1934 A), "We're a Winner" label; "This Is My Country" (Curtis Mayfield), 2:47, Camad Music, BMI; produced by Curtis Mayfield; "From the… #520 Flatt & Scruggs Universal Soldier 1968 · Single · I'll Be Your Baby Tonight / Universal Soldier · Columbia # 4-44731 · USA
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Columbia 4-44731 (JZSP-138798), white promotional label marked "Not for resale" and "Radio station copy", 45 RPM; "Universal Soldier" (B. Sainte-Marie),… #521 Abdullah Why Them, Why Me 1968 · Single · Why Them, Why Me / I Comma Zimba Zio (Here I Stand the Mighty One) · Soul # S 35051 · USA
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The song "Why Them, Why Me" was released by Abdullah on Soul (# S 35051), a subsidiary of Motown Records, for blues and R&B (1964-1978). The b-side "I Comma Zimba Zio" was an strong civil rights, African-American militant song, evoking Africa and the fight for freedom. Born Joseph McLean,… Notes
Soul S-35051, © 1968 Jobete, matrix C-Z1-K-M5-480M07; "Why Them, Why Me" (Abdullah), 3:30; produced by H. Cosby, F. Wilson; "A Trademark of Motown Record… #522 Jean-Marc Tennberg Tortures En France - Algérie - Vietnam - Témoignages 1968 · Album · Le sang des hommes · Disques JMT # JMT 001 · France
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Prominent French actor, Jean-Marc Tennberg, born on 12 May 1924, in Pantin, France, and died on 12 August 1971, in Lourmarin, France, featuring in 20+ films. He was also a poet, and this record, presented an anti-war spoken-word piece, titled "Tortures En France - Algérie - Vietnam -… Notes
Limited edition ('Edition limitée'), textured sleeve.Recorded by Alain Butet, Claude Wagner. Printed by Lucien Martin Imprimeur. Limited edition on…
#536 Ennio Morricone Filastrocca Vietnamita 1968 · Soundtrack · Grazie zia · CAM # AMP 40 · Italy
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Soundtrack to Italian film Grazie zia [Come Play With Me] , by Salvatore Samperi.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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The 1968 Italian 7" (CAM AMP 40, mono) does not contain 'Filastrocca Vietnamita' - it has only 'Grazie Zia' / 'Guerra E Pace Pollo E Brace'. 'Filastrocca… #537 Иван Щедров [Ivan Shchedrov] Стальная Каска Вьетнама (Репортаж) [Steel Helmet of Vietnam - Reportage] 1968 · Single · Кругозор №5 / 1968 · Кругозор # 50 · Russia
Credited on the record as Иван Щедров.
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Steel Helmet of Vietnam - ReportageСтальная Каска Вьетнама - Репортаж
USSR, Russian
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20-page magazine with six flexi-discs sewn between its pages; 250,000 copies manufactured. Published by Комитет По Радиовещанию И Телевидению При Совете… #538 Adar y Dyffryn Bro Vietnam 1968 · EP · Adar y Dyffryn · Wren # WRE 1049 · UK
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Wren Extended Play WRE 1049, "Recording first published June 1968"; Wren Records / Recordiau'r Dryw, Christopher Davies (Records), Llandybie,… #539 David Schoenbrun Who's Right in Vietnam? 1968 · Album · Business Executives Move For Vietnam Peace · USA
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David Schoenbrun (1915-1988) was an American broadcast journalist and lecturer at Columbia University, who reported from North and South Vietnam in 1968.… #540 Various Artists Robert Francis Kennedy: A Memorial 1968 · Album · Columbia # D2S 792 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. Speech on Vietnam [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #541 Various Artists Memorial to Benefit War-Injured Children of Vietnam 1968 · Album · Mitchell Press · Canada
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. note: add songs to index. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #542 Eldridge Cleaver Dig 1968 · Album · More # 4000 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. Speech - anti-Vietnam, calls for end to the war. Also Civil Rights, credibility gap, Nixon, LBJ, Humphrey,… #543 Lew Irwin & Credibility Gap Album of Political Pornography 1968 · Album · Blue Thumb # BTS 2 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. Spoken-word, field recordings, satire etc. 1968 politics - Reagans, McCarthy, Humphrey, JFK, RFK, LBJ Civil… #544 Brothers Five And Fabian Cry Vietnam 1968 · Single · Vol. 3: No. 3 · New Mini-Album # UP-111468 · USA
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Brothers Five and Fabian – Cry Vietnam [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #545 The Holy Ghost Reception Committee: #9 The Holy Ghost Reception Committee: #9 1968 · Album · The Holy Ghost Reception Committee: #9 · Paulist Press # P-04425 · USA
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Paulist Press, 997 Macarthur Boulevard, Mahwah, New Jersey. [From the Rate Your Music label page] #546 Various Artists The Sound of Dissent 1968 · Album · The Sound Of Dissent · Mercury # SR-61203 · USA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746gRj6DQSc http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Sound-Of-Dissent/release/526584
Documentary
Field recordings, spoken-word.
Draft. Democratic National Convention (1968). Campus protest. Demonstration.
need to catalogue:
tracks:
"Anti-Draft Remarks"
"Peace…
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Mercury Stereo SR 61203, "Playable on modern monaural equipment"; front cover of nested diamond shapes over a colour-inverted photograph of a…1969
- 25 January: Peace talks in Paris begin
- 17 March: Operation Menu - bombing of Cambodia
- 10-20 May: Battle at Hamburger Hill
- 14 May: Nixon announces Vietnamisation plan
- 8 July: The first US troop withdrawals, starting with 800 men
- 2 September: Ho Chi Minh dies
- 5 September: Lt. Calley charged with murder over My Lai Massacre
- 15 October: Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
1969
#547 Hélène Martin Chanson des villes 1969 · Album · René Char - Terres mutilées · Disques du Cavalier # CVR LM 85 · France
Annotation: see “The Sound of Dissent” above (same release).
#548 Francesca Solleville L'enfant mort 1969 · Album · La fine fleur N°5 · La Fine Fleur # 504 · France
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Chanson artist, born on 2 March 1932 in Périgueux, France, released a cover of the Hélène Martin song "L'enfant mort" ( "The Dead Child" ) (La Fine Fleur # 504). As discussed immediately above, it took an anti-war position, looking at the perspective of a civilian suffering in a war zone, "t… #549 Jean Arnulf Chante une femme 1969 · EP · Chante une Femme · Philips # 437.400 · France
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Chanson artist born 1932 in Lyon, France, and died 25 March 2007. The song "Chante une femme" ( "Sing a Woman" ) (Philips # 437.400), an interesting protest song, looking at the negative impact of the war from different perspectives, such as an America family, "my only son, sings a woman in… Notes
Title track (A1) of the 4-track EP (Philips 437.400; RYM dates it February 1968, your 1969 kept). [From Rate Your Music] #550 Steppenwolf Draft Resister 1969 · Album · Monster · Dunhill # DS-50066 · USA
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Famous hard rock band Steppenwolf, formed in 1967, in Los Angeles, California, USA, founded by lead singer John Kay. They released the anti-war song "Draft Resister" ((Dunhill Records # DS-50066), taking a strong position against military recruitment. The narrator praised the "courage" of… #551 Creedence Clearwater Revival Fortunate Son 1969 · Single · Down on the Corner / Fortunate Son · Fantasy # 634 · USA
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This song looked at social-economic inequality within the draft system. It suggested that wealthy people were able to avoid the draft, while American youngsters, from poor backgrounds, were sent to fight (and maybe die) in Vietnam. Written by John Fogerty of American rock band Creedence…Notes
Fantasy 634 (F-2756) on the multicoloured green, red and orange Fantasy label; "Fortunate Son" (J. C. Fogerty), Jondora Music, BMI, time 2:19; produced… #552 Phil Ochs William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park And Escapes Unscathed 1969 · Album · Rehearsals For Retirement · A&M # SP 4181 · USA
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On this Phil Ochs album featured the song "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed" , which also had the song "Where Were You in Chicago" tagged on at the end, although it's not credited, both of which referred to the 1968 Chicago demonstrations outside the… #553 Phil Ochs Another Age 1969 · Album · Rehearsals For Retirement · A&M # SP 4181 · USA
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Among the other Vietnam-related songs on this album was the track "Another Age" , which referenced the conflict between police and students on College campus. It also mentioned a US soldier who fought in Vietnam in the intro, reference to the Vietcong, the 1968 US presidential election.12So…
#554 Pete Seeger Ballad Of The Fort Hood Three 1969 · Album · Young Vs. Old · Columbia # CS 9873 · USA
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Also important on the album Young vs. Old (Columbia Records # CS 9873) was the song "Ballad of the Fort Hood Three" , based on the true story of three soldiers who refused to be deployed to Vietnam in 1966. They were Private First Class James Johnson, Private David Samas, and Private…Notes
Broadway musical #555 Pete Seeger Bring Them Home 1969 · Album · Young Vs. Old · Columbia # CS 9873 · USA
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The track "Bring 'Em Home" on the album Young vs. Old (Columbia Records # CS 9873) (Columbia Records # CS 9873) - one of Pete Seeger's most well-known Vietnam protest songs. It also went by the titles "Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)" and "Bring Them Home" . Seeger wrote the…Annotation: see “Ballad Of The Fort Hood Three” above (same release).
#556 Tom Winslow Let Us Sing Together 1969 · Album · It's The Clear Water · Biograph # BLP-12018 · USA
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Tom Winslow recorded a cover of Pete Seeger's "Bring 'Em Home" under the name "If You Love Your Uncle Sam" in 1969 (Biograph Records # BLP-12018). It also contained the anti-war song "Let Us Sing Together" .Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#557 Tom Winslow If You Love Your Uncle Sam, Bring Them Home 1969 · Album · It's The Clear Water · Biograph # BLP-12018 · USA
Annotation: see “Let Us Sing Together” above (same release).
#558 Andy Kim Tricia Tell Your Daddy 1969 · Single · Tricia Tell Your Daddy / Foundation of My Soul · Steed # 45-715 · USA
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The song "Tricia, Tell Your Daddy" (Steed Records # 715), performed on this single by Andy Kim in 1969, targeted President Nixon's daughter Tricia. The narrator pleaded with her to spread "love and peace" , and stop the "people dying needlessly" because Nixon "is everybody's daddy now" .…Notes
Steed Records 45-715 (ST-1029), Jeff Barry Enterprises, white promotional copy ("Promotional Copy - Not for Sale") with rearing-horse logo; "Tricia Tell… #559 Tommy James & the Shondells Sweet Cherry Wine 1969 · Single · Sweet Cherry Wine / Breakaway · Roulette # R-7039 · USA
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Pop rock / psychedelic pop band, formed in 1960 in Niles, Michigan, and disbanded in 1970. The song "Sweet Cherry Wine" (Roulette Records # 7039) combined Tommy James's Christian beliefs with anti-war sentiment, with the well-known protest phrase "we ain't a marching anymore" . The… Notes
Roulette R-7039 (19540-A), 45 RPM, red and yellow sunburst label; "Sweet Cherry Wine" (Tommy James-Richie Grasso), Big Seven Mus. Corp., BMI, 4:25;… #560 MC5 Motor City Is Burning 1969 · Album · Kick Out The Jams · Elektra # EKL 4042 · USA
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MC5 covered John Lee Hooker's "Motor City Is Burning" (Elektra Records # 45648) - this song was about the 1967 Detroit Riot. It used Vietnam as a reference point to destruction and the burning of a city: "the Motor City is burning people, there ain't a thing that white society can… #561 Les McCann & Eddie Harris Compared to What 1969 · Single · Compared to What / Cold Duck · Atlantic # 2694 · USA
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The protest song "Compared to What" (Atlantic # 2694), written by soul vocalist Gene McDaniels, became a hit with this jazz version, recorded live at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival. Inspired by the civil rights and Vietnam War protest movement, McDaniels' angry lyrics first appeared on… #562 Donovan To Susan on the West Coast Waiting 1969 · Single · To Susan on the West Coast Waiting / Atlantis · Epic # 5-10434 · UK
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Donovan, born Donovan Philips Leitch on 10 May 1946 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, was a popular contemporary folk singer in the 1060s, and into the 70s. He released several war and Vietnam-related songs in the period, featured on this list, including three cover songs in 1965: "Do You Here…Notes
Epic 5-10434 (ZSP 139920), yellow Epic label, 45 rpm, 3:13, "(D. Leitch)", "Produced by Mickie Most — A Mickie Most Production", printed in USA. [From the… #563 Flying Burrito Brothers My Uncle 1969 · Album · The Gilded Palace of Sin · A&M # SP-4175 · USA
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The country rock song "My Uncle" (A&M Records # SP-4175) was another first person narration, from a person who received a draft letter. He decided to avoid the draft by heading to the "nearest foreign border" - Canada. Thus, this song is a good representation of draft evasion through the… #564 T-Bone Walker Vietnam 1969 · Album · Every Day I Have the Blues · BluesTime # BTS-9004 · USA
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Electric Texas Blues artist, T-Bone Walker, born Aaron Thibeaux Walker on 28 May 1910 in Linden, Texas, USA, and died on 16 March 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Beginning his career in the Dallas, Texas area in the 1920s, Blind Lemon Jefferson was a family friend of his mother and… Notes
BluesTime BTS-9004, a Flying Dutchman label (Bob Thiele). [From Rate Your Music] #565 Lightnin' Hopkins Please Settle In Viet Nam 1969 · Single · Please Settle in Viet Nam / Once a Gambler · Joliet # 205 · USA
Credited on the record as Lightning Hopkins.
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Lightnin' Hopkins, born Sam Hopkins on 15 March 1912, in Centreville, Texas, recorded extensively from the 1940s-1970s, typically playing blues in the style that came out of his native Texas, like Blind Lemon Jefferson (acoustic / electric Texas blues). Often singing about topical events,…Notes
Joliet 205 A, Joliet Productions, Box 67201, Los Angeles, Calif. 90067, "Promotional Copy - Not for Sale"; "Please Settle in Viet Nam" (S. Hopkins), 2:50,… #566 Six Pak Weep No More 1969 · Single · Bring 'Em on Home / Weep No More · Gordo # 704 · USA
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Double-sided Vietnam War single by Chicano soul group Six Pak, released on the Californian label Gordo (# 704), founded by Eddie Davis (a sub-label of his Rampart Records). Both tracks had a Latin Soul feel to it - of course, the label focused on Mexican Americans.1 This formed part of…Notes
Gordo 704, Gordo Enterprises, Inc., Los Angeles, California, green label with sombrero cartoon logo; production and sound by Mario Paniagua & Eddie Davis,… #567 Six Pak Bring 'Em on Home 1969 · Single · Bring 'Em on Home / Weep No More · Gordo # 704 · USA
Annotation: see “Weep No More” above (same release).
#568 マイケルズ [Michaels] 坊や大きくならないで (Sleep Softly, My Boy) 1969 · Single · 坊や大きくならないで / 君に歌を [Sleep Softly, My Boy / I'll Sing a Song for You] · Denon # CD-17 · Japan
Credited on the record as マイケルズ.
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The contemporary folk protest song "坊や大きくならないで" ( "Sleep Softly, My Boy" ) (Denon Records # CD-17) is a Japanese adaptation of the song "Ngủ Đi Con" ("Go to Sleep Baby") by prominent and influential Vietnamese songwriter Trịnh Công Sơn (born 28 February 1939 in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk,… #569 高石ともや [Tomoya Takaishi] ホー・チ・ミンのバラード (Ballad of Ho Chi Minh) 1969 · Single · ホー・チ・ミンのバラード / ベトナムの空 · URC # URS-0014 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高石ともや.
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Double-sided Vietnam War single (URC # 0014) by Tomoya Takaishi, born on 9 December 1941 in Uryu, Hokkaido, Japan. The first song "ホー・チ・ミンのバラード" ( "Ballad of Ho Chi Minh" ) was a Japanese adapted version of the well-known and widely covered song by Ewan MacColl. Japanese lyrics by Hidaka… #570 高石ともや [Tomoya Takaishi] 坊や大きくならないで (Sleep Softly, My Boy) 1969 · Single · 坊や大きくならないで / もしも平和になったなら · Victor # SV-810 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高石友也.
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Another doubled-sided Vietnam War record (Victor # SV-810) from 高石ともや [Tomoya Takaishi], born on 9 December 1941 in Uryu, Hokkaido, Japan. Both songs were composed by prominent and influential Vietnamese songwriter Trịnh Công Sơn (born 28 February 1939 in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk, Vietnam,… #571 Rolando Alarcón La ballada de Ho Chi Minh 1969 · Album · El mundo folklórico de Rolando Alarcón · Astral # VBP-264 · Chile
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Rolando Alarcón, born on 5 August 1929 in Sewell, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile. He died on 4 February 1973 at the age of 43. He was member of the Chilean folk group Conjunto Cuncumén. A key member of the Nueva canción latinoamericana in Chile, he was highly respected in… Notes
Spanish-language adaptation of the Ewan McCall song The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh #572–574 Alí Primera Canciones de protesta 1969 · Album · Not On Label · Venezuela
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Ali Primera, born 31 October 1941 in Coro, Falcón, Venezuela, and died 16 February 1985 in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. He was part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, which featured Latin and South American folk with… #572 Inolvidable Ho Chi Minh ("Insolvable Ho Chi Minh") #573 Adelante Vietnam ("Forward Vietnam") #574 Guerrillero de piel amarilla ("Yellow-Skinned Guerrilla")
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#572 Alí Primera Inolvidable Ho Chi Minh ("Insolvable Ho Chi Minh") 1969 · Album · Canciones de protesta · Not On Label · Venezuela
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Ali Primera, born 31 October 1941 in Coro, Falcón, Venezuela, and died 16 February 1985 in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. He was part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, which featured Latin and South American folk with… #573 Alí Primera Adelante Vietnam ("Forward Vietnam") 1969 · Album · Canciones de protesta · Not On Label · Venezuela
Annotation: see “Inolvidable Ho Chi Minh ("Insolvable Ho Chi Minh")” above (same release).
#574 Alí Primera Guerrillero de piel amarilla ("Yellow-Skinned Guerrilla") 1969 · Album · Canciones de protesta · Not On Label · Venezuela
Annotation: see “Inolvidable Ho Chi Minh ("Insolvable Ho Chi Minh")” above (same release).
#575 Jacinto Antonio A la guerra me llevan 1969 · Single · A la guerra me llevan / Con in timidad · Columbia # 10090 · USA
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The song "A la guerra me llevan" ( "To the War They Take Me" ) (Discos Columbia # 10090) released in 1969 in Miami, Florida. A cover of a well-known Mexican-American war song by Little Joe and The Latinaires, discussed above, which contained anti-war sentiment. The song also featured on the…Notes
Discos Columbia 10090 (0101-17081), "Balada Surf", manufactured in the U.S.A. by Miami Records Dist. Corp. under license from Columbia Records; "A la… #576 Freddie Notes & The Rudies Train From Vietnam 1969 · Single · I Don't Wanna Lose That Girl / Train From Vietnam · Down Town # DT 427 · UK
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Follow-up song to the one above, "Train From Vietnam" (Down Town # DT 427), sees the narrator returning home: "train from South Vietnam...we're just returning, I've got lots of news to tell you, want to hear" . Released in London, UK.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#577 Al Reid Vietcong 1969 · Single · Vietcong / Me Want Man · Blue Cat # BS 161 · UK
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The song "Vietcong" (Blue Cat Records # BS 161) is a highly collectable reggae instrumental single, released in the UK by Al Reid - no biographical details are known at this time. The title may also suggest solidarity with the North Vietnamese / anti-US intervention. Vietcong (or "VC") -… #578 Ronnie Burns Smiley 1969 · Single · Smiley / Jodie · Spin # EK-3380 · Australia
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The track "Smiley" (Spin Records # EK-3380) is another Australian Vietnam War song - it referred to "the Asian war" . It is from the actual era of the war, released in 1969 by Ronnie Burns (member of the pop group The Flies). This single sold more than 50,000 singles, reaching # 3 in the…Notes
Sample copy. Produced by Ian, Ronnie & Johnny; matrix MX33095. Spin EK-3380 (MX33095), 45, orange and black label with a red "Sample Record – Not for… #579 Axiom Arkansas Grass 1969 · Single · Arkansas Grass / Samantha · Sire # 45-4117 · USA
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Axiom, rock pop band, formed in 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They disbanded in 1971. Members were: Glenn Shorrock (vocals), Brian Cadd (organ), Doug Lavery (drums, 1969), Don Lebler (drums, 1969-71), Don Mudie (bass), and Chris Stockley (guitar). The song "Arkansas Grass" … Notes
US promotional copy; Angle Music; produced by June Productions of Australia. Sire 45-4117, CL 7776, orange-and-cream sunburst label with lion logo, "Made… #580 Frank Lewis Year of War 1969 · Single · Year of War / Indianapolis · Festival # FK-3116 · Australia
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Frank Lewis, Sydney-based folk rock artist, released the song "Year of War" (Festival Records # FK-3116), which contained a generic anti-war, anti-atomic message, released during the Vietnam War-era. The narrator noted that World War One came and went, and that people hoped that war would… Notes
Also issued in the US on Beverly Hills 45-9358 (promotion copy; Markari Music; matrix BH-6255; time 2:56); produced by Pat Aulton. White Beverly Hills… #581 Tom Parrott The Massacres of My Lai (Song My) and Truong An 1969 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · USA
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Artist background
Tom Parrott, born in Washington D.C., USA, in 1944, a prominent member of the contemporary folk scene in the 1960s, wrote many political songs addressing the Vietnam War, such as the song"The Freedoms We've Been Fighting For" (1967), the song"Hole in the Ground" (1968),…Notes
Unreleased: featured in Broadside # 103, December 1969 #582 Big Bill Johnson Set Lt. Calley Free 1969 · Single · Set Lt. Calley Free / Pitchin' Woo · REM # 45-467 · USA
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In the country song "Set Lt. Calley Free" (REM Records # REM 45-467), released in 1969, the narrator declared that "we're a sick society" , as the US had "crucified" and "nailed Lt. Calley to a tree" - presenting Calley as a sort of Jesus figure, wrongly accused and charged. The narrator… Notes
REM 45-467 (9116), red label, 1006 Main St., Nashville, Tenn.; "Set Lt. Calley Free" (Big Bill Johnson), 2:47, Fayette BMI; produced by Bob Mooney. [From… #583 The Green Berets We Must Make Things Right 1969 · Single · (Lord) Send Me Somebody / We Must Make Things Right · Uni # 55186 · USA
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Soul, protest, Civil RightPollution, war, got to make things right
Black or white, just the same
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Uni 55186 (.380), vocal, multicoloured swirl label, Universal City Records, a Division of MCA Inc., 8255 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90046; "We Must… #584 Bobby Bloom Sign of the V 1969 · Single · Heidi / Sign of the V · Earth # E-106 · USA
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The song Sign of the V (Bloom, Bobby)Anti-war / general peace song.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Earth E-106 (EA 1068), promotional label marked "Promotional Not For Sale", Earth Records, 322 W. 48th St., New York, N.Y., U.S.A., label design of a red… #585 Andrea Marcovicci In Our Time 1969 · Single · Bell # B-852 · USA
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Notes
In Our Time (Marcovicci, Andrea)Folk rock, anti-war, written for Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
They promised us peace and change - but they shout us down.1
Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Bell B-852 (9374-S-BW), "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale" label issued in mono and stereo versions, "Bell Records, a Division of Columbia Pictures… #586 Jimmy Thompson I Wanna Die Young 1969 · Single · I Wanna Die Young / In My Dreams · Dek # 712 · USA
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"I Wanna Die Young" (Thompson, Jimmy)Garage rock, protest.
Generation gap too long, politicians all the same.
Protesters say "we shall overcome" .
Thinking…
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Recorded at California Recorders Dek Records 0712, white label marked "Promotional Copy – Not for Sale"; "I Wanna Die Young" (Bill Weir Jr.–Mary Weir),… #587 Dennis Linde Ballad of a Blood Crazed Trained Killer 1969 · Single · Ballad of a Blood Crazed Trained Killer / T.J.'s Last Ride · Intrepid # 75011 · USA
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Intrepid 75011 (1-45635), label with wave design; "Ballad of a Blood Crazed Trained Killer" (D. Linde), 3:54, Combine Music Corp. (BMI); produced by Jerry… #588 The Out of Order Lonely Sentry 1969 · Single · Lonely Sentry / It's Alright · Lauren # CO 2930 · USA
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Garage rock protestWhy did my brother have to die?
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Lauren Records CO 2930-A, Side I; "Lonely Sentry" (Messier-Hoffman-Crotty), 2:18, Ranford Music Co.-BMI; produced by L. Litchfield and T. Messier,… #589 Willie Nelson Jimmy's Road 1969 · Single · Natural to Be Gone / Jimmy's Road · RCA Victor # 74-0162 · USA
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Jimmy's RoadCountry, anti-war
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RCA Victor 74-0162, orange label, stereo, matrix WWKS-3287; "Jimmy's Road" (Nelson), Pamper Music Inc., BMI, 2:36; producer Felton Jarvis. Housed in an… #590 Unknown Artist The Man Who Hears a Different Drummer 1969 · Single · Bravura # 202,239 · USA
Annotation
Notes
Man Who Hears a Different Drummer, The (Various Artists)Folk rock - generic, Vietnam-era protest, anti-war image on front cover
Sponsored / ad campaign for Bravura cologne, Christmas 1969.1
Annotat…
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Single-sided promotional 45 for Bravura men's cologne, custom-pressed by Decca (Gloversville) for the Christmas 1969 advertising campaign; "Arranged &… #591 Karen Austin I Hear Voices 1969 · Single · I Hear Voices / How · MGM # K-14067 · USA
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Traditional pop protest, Vietnam & Civil RightsA-side: voices of anger - sample from Vietnam War demonstration
Quotes from JFK, MLK, and RFK speeches
B-side:…
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Karen Brammer [birth name] MGM K-14067, yellow "Special Disc Jockey Record — Not for Sale" promotional label; "I Hear Voices" (Lou Stallman - Sid… #592 Karen Austin How 1969 · Single · I Hear Voices / How · MGM # K-14067 · USA
Annotation: see “I Hear Voices” above (same release).
#593 Kandeda Montgomery Where Have You Been Today, James Rector 1969 · Single · Where Have You Been Today, James Rector / July 5 · Atlantic # 45-2672 · USA
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Where Have You Been Today, James Rector? (Montgomery, Kandeda)Contemporary folk. Protest, anti-war
Tribute to the student killed at the Berkley People's…
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Atlantic 45-2672, matrix A-17580-PL, "CSG Processed Mono Master", Plug Side, vocal; "Where Have You Been Today, James Rector?" (Montgomery), 4:36, Pub.… #594 Sid Selvidge The Ballad of Otis B. Watson 1969 · Single · The Ballad of Otis B. Watson / Going Through Another Change · Enterprise # ENA-9005 · USA
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Ballad of Otis B. WatsonFolk rock, anti-war, protest
Daddy killed in WW2, grew up in poverty
But now he's gone, went off to war, died like a man
How many…
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Enterprise ENA-9005 (EN-0224-PL), Sept., 1969; "The Ballad of Otis B. Watson" (D. Nix), 3:20, Muldoon Music, BMI; produced by Don Nix; distributed by Stax… #595 Hugh Masekela Riot 1969 · Single · Riot / Mace and Grenades · Uni # 55102 · South Africa
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Mace and Grenades (Masekela, Hugh)Jazz, anti-war.
Napalm, bombs, atomic weapon, machine guns.
B-side: "Riots" instrumental
Notes
Uni 55102, multicoloured swirl label, Chisa Productions logo; "Mace and Grenades" (H. Masekela), vocal, (.211), 2:57, and "Riot" (H. Masekela),… #596 Hugh Masekela Mace and Grenades 1969 · Single · Riot / Mace and Grenades · Uni # 55102 · South Africa
Annotation: see “Riot” above (same release).
#597 Lee Michaels The War 1969 · Single · Goodbye, Goodbye / The War · A&M # 1048 · USA
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A&M 1048, "Promotional Copy - Not for Sale"; "The War" (Lee Michaels), 3:15 (1691), LaBrea Music / Sattwa Music (ASCAP); "From the A&M album 'Recital'… #598 Kenny Jones Tale of a Wooden War 1969 · Single · Tale of a Wooden War / Is This the Way of the Free · Monument # mn45-1107 · USA
Notes
The song "Tale of a Wooden War" Kenny Jones (1952-1969), 16 year old son of Helen Carter (of the Carter Family) - Johnny Cash's nephew-in-law.
Anti-war
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Monument Mn45-1107, white "Disc Jockey — Not for Sale" promotional labels; "Is This the Way of the Free" (Kenny Jones), Copper Creek Music, Inc., BMI,… #599 Kenny Jones Is This the Way of the Free 1969 · Single · Tale of a Wooden War / Is This the Way of the Free · Monument # mn45-1107 · USA
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The song "Is This the Way of the Free" Kenny Jones (1952-1969), 16 year old son of Helen Carter (of the Carter Family) - Johnny Cash's nephew-in-law.
Anti-wa…
Notes
Monument Mn45-1107, white "Disc Jockey — Not for Sale" promotional labels; "Is This the Way of the Free" (Kenny Jones), Copper Creek Music, Inc., BMI,… #600 Dick Clark The Day the Children Died 1969 · Single · The Day the Children Died / The Wasting of Wesley Joe Grim · Liberty # 56145 · USA
Notes
Day the Children Died, The (Clark, Dick)Notes
Liberty 56145 (LB-2782), "Promotional Copy" and "Not for Sale" printed on the label's rainbow band; "The Day the Children Died" (Roy Freeman), Claridge… #601 The Hello People Anthem 1969 · Single · Anthem / Jelly Jam · Philips # 40585 · USA
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Notes
Anthem (Hello People, The) (Philips # 40585)Man goes to prison for draft dodging. In fact, the lead singer of band, W. S. "Sonny" Tongue, served in prison for draft resistance.1 Featured on the 1968 album Fusion (Philips # PHS 600-276).
Sources
Annotation by Justin…
#602 Goliath If Johnny Comes Marching Home 1969 · Single · If Johny Comes Marching Home / Yesterday's Children · ABC # 11267 · USA
Notes
If Johnny Comes Marching Home (Goliath)Psychedelic rock / pop.
Cover of Civil War song - Vietnam-era.
Anti-war, protest.
Bomb / guns sound-effects.
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ABC Records 11267 (45-15915), white label marked "Promotion Copy — Not for Sale", "A Product of ABC Records, Inc., N.Y., N.Y. 10019", made in U.S.A.; "If… #603 Tim Hardin Simple Song of Freedom 1969 · Single · Simple Song of Freedom / Question of Birth · Columbia # 4-44920 · USA
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"Simple Song of Freedom" (Columbia Records # 4-44920) by Tim Hardin. Written by Bobby Darin.Minor anti-war reference, does not mention Vietnam
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Columbia 4-44920 (ZSP 151555), 45 RPM, red label; "Simple Song of Freedom" (B. Darin), 3:49; arranged by Paul Harris, produced by Gary Klein; "A Product… #604 U.S. Apple Corps Prayer for Peace 1969 · Single · Prayer for Peace / Peace-Love · SSS International # SSS-840 · USA
Credited on the record as The U.S. Apple Corps.
Notes
Prayer for Peace (U.S. Apple Corps)Peace-Love (U.S. Apple Corps)
Anti-war, psychedelic rock. Religion. Civil rights
Good book and Jesus taught peace. Let…
Notes
SSS International Records SSS-840, "A Division of The Shelby Singleton Corp., Nashville, Tenn., U.S.A."; both sides produced by Steve S. Singleton and… #605 U.S. Apple Corps Peace-Love 1969 · Single · Prayer for Peace / Peace-Love · SSS International # SSS-840 · USA
Credited on the record as The U.S. Apple Corps.
Annotation: see “Prayer for Peace” above (same release).
#606 Steppenwolf Monster 1969 · Album · Dunhill # DS-50067 · USA
Annotation
Draft Resister already in draft section.Other song for anti-war section.
"Monster"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#607 Johnny Holiday Show the Peace Sign 1969 · Single · Magic of the Mind / Show the Peace Sign · Bold [Massillon] # 3410 · USA
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Bold Records 3410 NRB (Mono 711 BR), Massillon, Ohio; "Show the Peace Sign" (Nick R. Boldi), Carlman Music BMI, 2:00; produced by Nick R. Boldi, arranged… #608 Jae Mason Peace 1969 · Single · Peace / Everyday I Go Sailing · Rama Rama # RR 7797 · USA
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Anti-war, soul #609 Pilgrim Jubilees Mr. President 1969 · Single · Mr. President / Swing Low · Peacock # 3182 · USA
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Mr. President (Pilgrim Jubilees)Gospel, anti-war. Released in 1969. Houston, Texas, USA.
I've heard rumours of war - please Mr. President, leave our boys…
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Peacock Records 3182, "World's Greatest Spirituals", black label with silver print, 45 R.P.M., Peacock Records, Inc., 2809 Erastus Street, Houston 26,… #610 The Stars of Faith Prayer for Vietnam 1969 · Single · I've Got Shoes / Prayer for Vietnam · Évasion # S E 1016 · USA
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Évasion Disques S E 1016, stereo, pink label, "Made in France", BIEM, 1969; Face 2 "Prayer for Vietnam" (Mattie Dozier), 4'30.The picture sleeve front…
#611 Earl Wright This Soldier Wants to Come Home 1969 · Single · This Soldier Wants to Come Home / Let Me Go · Brotherhood-Winley # BHD-W 101 · USA
Notes
This Soldier Wants to Come Home (Wright, Earl) (Brotherhood Records # BHD-W 101)New York.
Vietnam War: Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
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Brotherhood-Winley Records BHD-W-101 A, 409 W. 125 St., N.Y. 10027 N.Y., 45 RPM; "This Soldier Wants to Come Home" (Wright-Winley), 4:06, Ninny Publ. Co.,… #612 The War Babies War Baby 1969 · Single · War Baby / Together Forever · Uni # 55164 · USA
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Soul, anti-war, Civil RightsI'm off to war, to a conflict I don't understand
Why must my children be war babies too?
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Uni 55164, "Promotion Copy - Not for Sale"; "War Baby", vocal, 2:27, Bengal Tunes Music Co., Inc., BMI; "A Fat Production", produced by Lynn Ourso and… #613 Johnny Nash Love and Peace 1969 · Single · Love and Peace / You Got to Change Your Ways · JAD # 8 · USA
Notes
If You Want Peace (Carter, Jean & The Centerpieces)Soul, pop.
Generic Vietnam-era peace song.
Notes
Released in Belgium, Europe. J.A.D. JAD 8, side A, DU 21154, white promotional label marked "Demonstration Sample Not for Sale", "Made by Fonior s.a… #614 Ernie Maresca The Spirit of Woodstock (Remains in America Today) 1969 · Single · The Spirit of Woodstock (Remains in America Today) / Web of Love · Laurie # LR 3519 · USA
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Spirit of Woodstock (Remains in America Today) (Maresca, Ernie)Folk rock, tribute to Woodstock.
Vietnam-era peace song
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Laurie Records Inc., New York, LR 3519 (X4KM-1325), label printed "Advance Release"; "The Spirit of Woodstock (Remains In America Today)" (E. Maresca-W.… #615 Paul and Dell Sporleder How Long Vietnam 1969 · Single · How Long Vietnam / 'Til You Return · Century # 35014 · USA
Notes
"How Long Vietnam" (Century Records # 35014)Notes
Century Records 35014 ("mfg. by Century Records"), 45, black label with rainbow band; credited "Paul and Dell Sporleder"; Side 1 "How Long Vietnam", 2:37,… #616 Thomas Douglas He's Not Just a Soldier 1969 · Single · He's Not Just a Soldier / He's Got the Whole World · Freeway # TW-9 · USA
Annotation
The song He's Not Just a Soldier (Douglas, Thomas)(Freeway Records # TW-9)
Anti-War / Credibility Gap. Psychedelic Folk.
Recorded 21 June 1969. Los Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Composed by William Pitt & Richard Penniman (aka Little Richard).
Based on the Little Richard 1962 single He's Not Just a…
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Based on the Little Richard 1962 single He's Not Just a Soldier. Freeway Records TW-9-A, yellow label, stereo, 45 rpm; "He's Not Just a Soldier" (William… #617 Young Sam Dear Mr. President 1969 · Single · Dear Mr. President / Call on Me · Kapp # K-972 · USA
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Dear Mr. President (Young Sam)Kapp Records (# K-972) - New York
Girl wrote to the president asking him not to draft her father.
Draft opposition, plight of…
Notes
Kapp K-972 (K-11571), side A, "Radio Station Copy"; "Dear Mr. President" (Raymond Cranley), 2:58, Duchess Music Corp., BMI; produced and arranged by… #618 The Blue Marble Faun The Battle Is Over 1969 · Single · The Battle Is Over / Going Home · Look # 5015 · USA
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Notes
Battle Is Over, The (Blue Marble Faun, The)Folk rock. Anti-war song.
Look Records # 5051 - Nashville, Tennessee.
Group from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Featured Jim Siegling, Frank Larrabee, Charles Tatum - the first two released a record under the name Siegling & Larrabee.
Albuquerque…
Notes
Look Records 5015, light-blue label, 45 RPM, vocal, "A Product of Starday Records, P.O. Box 8008, Nashville, Tenn.", matrix L-5029; "The Battle Is Over"… #619 Delaney & Bonnie Get Ourselves Together 1969 · Single · When the Battle Is Over / Get Ourselves Together · Elektra # EK-45662 · USA
Credited on the record as Delaney & Bonnie and Friends.
Notes
A-side unrelated to Vietnam Elektra EK-45662-B, stereo, "also playable on mono phonographs", Elektra Records, 1855 Broadway, New York; "Get Ourselves… #620 Rod Hart Blind Viet Nam Veteran 1969 · Single · Blind Viet Nam Veteran / I'll Cry Tomorrow · Capitol Star Artist # 90670 · USA
Credited on the record as Rod Hart and the Nashville Addix.
Notes
To doNotes
Capitol Star Artist 90670B, maroon label; "Blind Viet Nam Veteran" (Rod Hart), Red Pal Music Co. B.M.I.; Rod Hart and the Nashville Addix. [From the… #621 The Rare Earth Generation (Light Up the Sky) 1969 · Single · Generation (Light Up the Sky) / Magic Key · Rare Earth # R 5010 · USA
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Generation (Light Up the Sky) (Rare Earth)Psychedelic rock, love, hippie, flower generation.
Vietnam-era (does not mention war themes).
Religious.
We can win…
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Rare Earth R 5010 (Q-P2-T2-697M11), © 1969, on the illustrated Rare Earth label ("A Trademark of Motown Record Corp."); "Generation (Light Up the Sky)"… #622 The Sugar Townes Our Generation 1969 · Single · Our Generation / I'll Never Fall in Love Again · RCA # 74-0225 · USA
Notes
Folk pop, generic 60s generation gap, changeNotes
Also known as Candy & The Sugar Townes RCA 74-0225, yellow promotional label, "Stereo Plug", "Not for Sale"; "Our Generation" (Jon Reid), XWKS-2215, 2:34… #623 Ann Christy Les Moineaux de Saigon [The Sparrows of Vietnam] 1969 · Single · Les moineaux de Saigon / La chanson de Catherine · Columbia # 2C 006-23.050 M · Belgium
Annotation
Belgium artist, sung in French. ChansonFront cover image of Vietnamese children
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Columbia (EMI) 2C 006-23.050 M (side C 006-23.050 M A), 45 tours microsillon, BIEM, made in France by Les Industries Musicales et Electriques Pathé… #624 Norbert Rijst voor Vietnam 1969 · Single · Rijst voor Vietnam · Hey # P. 691 · Belgium
Credited on the record as Norbert presenteert: Sus Loots / Dang Van Tri / Ngo-Thi-Luyen.
Notes
The song "Rijist voor Vietnam" (Hey! # P. 691) - a Belgium spoken-word protest, with musical background. Presented by Norbert - born on 31 December 1943…Notes
Hey Records P. 691 (BIEM), Belgium, 45 rpm, "Rijst voor Vietnam" on both sides (Norbert – Johan de Graeve): Norbert presents and produces with Johan de… #625 Los Amis Oración por el Vietnam 1969 · Single · Oración por el Vietnam / Calles para olvidar · Pax [Madrid] # W-005 · Spain
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Spain / Spanish #626 Doug Ashdown The Day They Freed the Noise 1969 · Single · I've Come to Save the World / The Day They Freed the Noise · Sweet Peach # SP-001 · Australia
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AustralianNotes
Ownership & image is US issue Fontana F-1664 DJ (1-45778), "Pre-Production Copy", 45 rpm, light-blue label, "Fontana Records — Vendor: Mercury Record… #627 Black Velvet Peace and Love Is the Message 1969 · Single · Peace and Love Is the Message / CLown · Ember # EM 702 · UK
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Psychedelic rock / soul group from UK"Somewhere, maybe Vietnam, a lonely soldier sits"
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Ember EM 702 (EM 702 A), "Not for Sale"; "Peace and Love Is the Message" (Eddie Grant), time 3:17, Ed Kassner Music; produced by John Simon, produced by… #628 King Crimson 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including Mirrors) 1969 · Album · In the Court of the Crimson King · Atlantic # SD 8245 · UK
Notes
21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson)Formed
13 January 1969, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Anti-war - napalm reference.
#629 Yes Harold Land 1969 · Album · Yes · Atlantic # 588 190 · UK
Notes
FormedJuly 1968, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Harold Land (Yes)
Anti-war general, Vietnam era.
#630 Steve Duboff In the Peaceful Valley (Woodstock '69) 1969 · Single · In the Peaceful Valley (Woodstock '69) / A Song for You · Cotillion # 44051 · USA
Notes
n the Peaceful Valley (Woodstock '69) (Duboff, Steve)Folk rock, tribute to the Woodstock music festival
Love, peace etc can be part of our society.
Vietnam-e…
Notes
Cotillion 45-44051, white promotional label marked "Plug Side", side code CO-17704 SP, vocal; "In the Peaceful Valley (Woodstock '69)" (Steve Duboff),… #631 Gerry Wolff Ballade von Ho Chi Minh 1969 · Album · Porträt in Noten · AMIGA # 8 55 171 · Germany
Notes
Ballad by Ho Chi Minh (Wolff, Gerry)East German, GDR, European.
#632 Paul Martin The Coward 1969 · Single · The Coward / Twenty Years Ago · Varsity # 1090 · USA
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Coward, The (Martin, Paul)Varsity # 1090
Country. Draft reluctance - similar to draft dodger rag.
Draft card burning. Demonstrations. Reference to Vietnam…
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Varsity Recording Co. 1090 (VAR-713-2), 1705 Church St., Nashville, Tennessee; "The Coward" (Paul Martin), Window Music, BMI, 1:58; produced by Pete… #633 Dr. John The Patriotic Flag Waver (Long Version) 1969 · Single · The Patriotic Flag Waver · Atco # 45-6697 · USA
Notes
Patriotic Flag Waver (Dr. John)Blues rock.
Anti-war, reference to Vietnam and draft card burning protests.
Notes
Atco Records 45-6697, 45 RPM, vocal, white label, "CSG Processed Mono Master"; "The Patriotic Flag Waver" (Dr. John Creaux), Pub. Marzique-Joharv, BMI,… #634 Dr. John The Patriotic Flag Waver (Short Version) 1969 · Single · The Patriotic Flag Waver · Atco # 45-6697 · USA
Annotation: see “The Patriotic Flag Waver (Long Version)” above (same release).
#635 Biff Rose Communist Sympathizer 1969 · Album · Children of Light · Tetragrammaton # T-116 · USA
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Communist Sympathizer #636 Lee Hazlewood Trouble Maker 1969 · Single · Trouble Maker / Greyhound Bus Depot · LHI # LHI-20 · USA
Annotation
Notes
Trouble Maker (Hazlewood, Lee)Country. Anti-protest, anti-hippie.
Covered by Willie Nelson and Chris Morgan - Troublemaker / Street of Dirt
Man who rejects establishment, and stirs up the young.
He never tried to join the army while others wage the war.
At end of song, seems to "depict…
Notes
LHI Records (ED-277), red and orange label with classical head logo, "A product of Lee Hazlewood Industries, Inc."; "Trouble Maker" (D.T. Summerville, B.… #637 Limie - T - Royal Peace Brother 1969 · Single · Peace Brother / Carefree Love · Century # 36050 · USA
Notes
To do #638 Zuckerman's Dream The Revolution's Over 1969 · Single · The Revolution's Over / Love Is Such an Easy Word to Say · Columbia # 4-44831 · USA
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Generic Vietnam-era protestNotes
Columbia 4-44831 (JZSP 150495), "Not for Resale — Radio Station Copy", 45 RPM, Printed in U.S.A.; "The Revolution's Over" (J. Carney), Jonathan Music Co.,… #639 Tiny Harris When 1969 · Single · When / I'll Never See Another Sun · Stop # ST 1630 · USA
Annotation
Notes
- country, peace- Nashville, Tennessee
- When will they turn the swords into flowers
- Battle over, nobody has won
- Mother lost a son, child lost a father
Picture: "Tiny Harris in Viet Nam with the First Marines Tank Battalion"1
"Tiny Harris has just returned from a four month tour of…
Notes
Stop Records, Inc. ST 1630 (ST 7326, SoN 97701), 45 RPM, yellow label with red stop-sign logo, "Dist. — Stop Records — Mfg. by Sound of Nashville,… #640 Peter, Paul and Mary Day Is Done 1969 · Single · Day Is Done / Make Believe Town · Warner Bros. # 7279 · USA
Notes
- Contemporary folk, protest, anti-war / peace, Vietnam-era- Popular titles, related to "Eve of Destruction"
- Children lead us to better world
- Written…
#641 Cher For What It's Worth 1969 · Single · For What It's Worth / (Just Enough to Keep Me) Hangin' On · Atco # 45-6704 · USA
Notes
- Cover- Atco Records 45-6704, 45 RPM, white promotional label marked "Plug Side" and "CSG Processed Mono Master"; "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills),…
#642 高石ともや [Tomoya Takaishi] 死んだ男の残したものは [What the Dead Man Left Behind (Part 1) 1969 · Single · 死んだ男の残したものは · Victor # SV-1055 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高石友也.
Notes
To do #643 The Lower Oisch Philharmonic Magic Rag Rag (Part I) 1969 · Single · Magic Rag Rag (Part I) / Magic Rag Rag (Part II) · Krieger # 25196 · USA
Annotation
The song Magic Rag Rag - The Lower Oisch Philharmonic (Krieger Records # 25196).Garage rock. Produced by Tom Kreiger. Written by Chuck Keith. Arranged by Ron Jarvis.
About a boy growing up in Kansas, who loved the US and the flag. At the age of 19 he volunteered to go to the army, sent to…
Notes
Krieger Records 25196, 45 R.P.M., blue and silver label; "Magic Rag Rag (Part 1)", time 2:51, and "Magic Rag Rag (Part II)", time 2:17, both (Chuck… #644 The Lower Oisch Philharmonic Magic Rag Rag (Part II) 1969 · Single · Magic Rag Rag (Part I) / Magic Rag Rag (Part II) · Krieger # 25196 · USA
Annotation: see “Magic Rag Rag (Part I)” above (same release).
#645 Jerry Simpson Young Boy 1969 · Single · Young Boy / In the Valley of Honey · AOK # AOKR-1053 · USA
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AOK AOKR-1053-A, yellow label with rocket logo; "Young Boy" (J. Simpson), 2:37, Gusto Music – BMI; produced by Gorman Maxwell; AOK Productions, Box 6406,… #646 Jayson Black Adjusting In Memorium After Thoughts 1969 · Single · Adjusting In Memorium After Thoughts / Gold Standard · Chastity # 102 · USA
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Gold Standard "It's Hershey or Bars" (Black, Jayson)Anti-war novelty, weird psychedelic narration.
Soldier's perspective: describes hell of pointless war
Wor…
Notes
Chastity 102, STM 3914; the side is titled "Adjusting" / "In Memorium 'After Thoughts'". Plain yellow label with no artist, writer, publisher or time… #647 Michael McGuffy Young Man's Blood 1969 · Single · Young Man's Blood / In My Soul · US Eagle # 69 · USA
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- Garage rock, protest / anti-war- Fort Collins, Colorado
- Old men talk of when they were young, killing & fighting
- Religious anti-war element
- US Eagle…
#648 高橋俊行 [Toshiyuki Takahashi] なんにもしねえのによ [Though We Didn't Do Anything] 1969 · Single · なんにもしねえのによ / 廃虚のひかり · CBS/Sony # SONA 86071 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高橋俊行.
Notes
Sung in rough rural dialect from a Vietnamese child's perspective: village burned in the evening, parents killed before his eyes 'though we didn't do… #649 ベトナム中央歌舞団 [Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble] 原爆を許すまじ [Never Forgive the Atomic Bomb] 1969 · EP · 日本のベトナム中央歌舞団 —日本公演実況録音— [Vietnam Central Song and Dance Ensemble in Japan - Live Recording of the Japan Performance] · Nippon Columbia # BSS-38 · Japan
Credited on the record as ベトナム中央歌舞団.
Notes
B3. The Japanese anti-nuclear anthem (lyrics 浅田石二 / Ishiji Asada), sung in Japanese as a bass solo by ensemble member チャン・チュン・ヒイウ (Trần Trung Hiếu) at the… #650 高橋俊行 [Toshiyuki Takahashi] 廃虚のひかり [Light of the Ruins] 1969 · Single · なんにもしねえのによ / 廃虚のひかり · CBS/Sony # SONA 86071 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高橋俊行.
Notes
B-side of なんにもしねえのによ, same writers. The curtain falls on battle; the devastated land, wrapped in morning mist, comes back to life with buds of grass; a… #651 Keith Barbour Echo Park 1969 · Single · Echo Park / Here I Am Losing You · Epic # 10486 · USA
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Old man walking in the park, recalls that his son was killed in action (K.I.A) in the war. Leans anti-war. Home front perspective. #652 高石ともや [Tomoya Takaishi] 死んだ男の残したものは [What the Dead Man Left Behind (Part 2) 1969 · Single · 死んだ男の残したものは · Victor # SV-1055 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高石友也.
#653 斎藤安弘 [Yasuhiro Saitō] '69 新宿広場の青春 [Youth of Shinjuku Plaza '69] 1969 · Single · Asahi Sonorama · Japan
Credited on the record as 斎藤安弘.
Notes
Asahi Sonorama (朝日ソノラマ) black flexi sheet, 33⅓回転, "特別付録／女友シート": "'69 新宿広場の青春", レポーター 斎藤安弘; issued as a supplement to the girls' magazine 女学生の友 (Jogakusei… #654 Various Artists 10・21「新宿広場」—1969年国際反戦デーの記録— [10.21 "Shinjuku Plaza" – Record of the 1969 International Anti-War Day] 1969 · Compilation · 朝日ソノラマ 1969年12月号 No. 120 [Asahi Sonorama, December 1969] · Asahi Sonorama # 120 · Japan
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2B. Live sound of the 21 Oct 1969 International Anti-War Day clashes at Shinjuku (riot police on the back cover) 朝日ソノラマ (Asahi Sonorama) No. 120, December… #655 Jimmy Cliff Vietnam 1969 · Single · Vietnam / She Does It Right · Island # 6014 003 · Jamaica
Annotation
Jimmy Cliff, born James Chambers in 1946, in Adelphi, Saint James, Jamaica became one of the first international reggae stars.1 He wrote and recorded the song "Vietnam" (Trojan Records # TR 7722), which took an anti-war position. It told the sad story of a mother receiving a letter,… Notes
Picture sleeve: Island Records 6014 003, "Jimmy Cliff – Vietnam – She Does It Right", with a mirrored photograph of Cliff in a fringed suede jacket and an… #656 Big Joe Williams Army Man in Vietnam 1969 · Album · Thinking of What They Did To Me · Arhoolie # 1053 · USA
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Big Joe Williams (1903-1982), delta blues guitar player, born Joseph Lee Williams, in Crawford Mississippi, used a nine-string acoustic guitar, giving his delta style an interesting, unique sound. In the track "Army Man in Vietnam" (Arhoolie Records # 1053) he expressed a desire to "stop… #657 Jimmy Curtiss Johnny Get Your Gun 1969 · Album · Life · Perception # PLP 1 · USA
Credited on the record as Jimmy Curtis.
Annotation
Notes
Johnny Get Your Gun (J.C.)Folk rock aka Jimmy Curtiss. Anti-war. Draft. Religion. K.I.A.
From Queens, New York1 On album Life
Latter arrives - off to war, don't know what your fighting for
Played with plastic toys as a boy.
At 17, played with the girls
But now get your gun, there's a…
Notes
Perception Records P-2 (P-2 A), green and yellow marbled label (promotional legend inked over); "Johnny Get Your Gun" (Curtiss-Pollock), 3:28, Popdraw… #658 Jon Hamilton Today I Killed a Man I Didn't Know 1969 · Single · Today I Killed a Man I Didn't Know / I Need Your Hand In Mine · People # P-1003 · USA
Notes
Today I Killed a Man I Didn't Know (Hamilton, Jon)Folk pop, combat song.
Soldier's perspective - impact of killing another man.
Right or wrong? When will…
Notes
People P-1003 A, with the label's band of coloured photographic portraits across the top; "Today I Killed a Man I Didn't Know" (R. Cook - R. Greenaway),… #659 Prich Reflections Prior to Vietnam 1969 · Single · Jesus and Bobby Seale Are Liberals / Reflections Prior to Vietnam · FTA TLC # TS69-967 · USA
Annotation
Reflections Prior to Vietnam (Prich)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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45 rpm. Recorded at Technisonic Studios (Discogs company credit, listed under TS69-967 and TS69-968 – likely the side matrix numbers). Discogs genre: Funk… #660 Prich Jesus and Bobby Seale Are Liberals 1969 · Single · Jesus and Bobby Seale Are Liberals / Reflections Prior to Vietnam · FTA TLC # TS69-967 · USA
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Reflections Prior to Vietnam (Prich)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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45 rpm. Recorded at Technisonic Studios (Discogs company credit, listed under TS69-967 and TS69-968). Discogs genre: Funk / Soul; no writer credits on… #661 Dawn 5th Day of June 1969 · Single · 5th Day of June / Ballad of Gene · Cadet # 5644 · USA
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5th Day of June (Dawn) Ballad of Gene (Dawn)
Folk rock. Soldier / home front perspective.
A-side: man KIA in Vietnam
B-side: man blinded by war.
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Cadet 5644, manufactured by Chess Producing Corp., Chicago, IL 60616; both sides written by D. Moseley, arranged and produced by Phil Gary, and credited… #662 Herb Newman & Co. Alice's Restaurant 1969 · Single · Alice's Restaurant / For Once in My Life · Era # HTE-100 · USA
#663 Peter Richie Alice's Restaurant Massacree 1969 · Album · Design # SDLP 314 · USA
#664 Garry Sherman Alice's Restaurant Massacree 1969 · Single · Alice's Restaurant Massacree / The Let Down · United Artists # UA 50589 · USA
Credited on the record as Garry Sherman & His Orchestra.
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United Artists Records UA 50589 (UA 4973), white promotional label marked "Promotion Copy — Not for Sale" and "Plug Side"; "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"… #665 Arlo Guthrie Alice's Rock & Roll Restaurant 1969 · Single · Alice's Rock & Roll Restaurant / Coming into Los Angeles · Reprise # RS 20877 · USA
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Reprise RS 20877, yellow "Advance Promotion Copy — Not for Sale" label with large "A", 45 rpm, ℗ 1969, release date stamped "Rel: 16.1.70"; "Alice's Rock… #666 Virge Brown A-M-E-R-I-C-A 1969 · Single · A-M-E-R-I-C-A / North of Saigon · Big Country # BC-214 · USA
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North of Saigon (Brown, Virge)Notes
Big Country BC-214, Box 31, Elgin, Pa., white label with green print; BC-214-1 "A-M-E-R-I-C-A" (J. Hawkins), 2:38 (SO: 3262); BC-214-2 "North of Saigon"… #667 Earth Opera The American Eagle Tragedy 1969 · Album · The Great American Eagle Tragedy · Elektra # EKS 74038 · USA
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Elektra EKSN 45049, Side One, red label with silver Elektra logo, four-prong centre, ℗ 1968, "Made in Gt. Britain", "Polydor Records Limited"; "American… #668 Dawn Ballad of Gene 1969 · Single · 5th Day of June / Ballad of Gene · Cadet # 5644 · USA
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5th Day of June (Dawn) Ballad of Gene (Dawn)
Folk rock. Soldier / home front perspective.
A-side: man KIA in Vietnam
B-side: man blinded by war.
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Cadet 5644, manufactured by Chess Producing Corp., Chicago, IL 60616; both sides written by D. Moseley, arranged and produced by Phil Gary, and credited… #669–679 Abbie Hoffman Wake Up America! 1969 · Album · Big Toe # Big Toe 1 · USA
3 of the 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Abbie Hoffman (30 November 1936 - 12 April 12 1989), an American political activist in the 1960s/70s, who helped found the Youth International Party (Yippies), took an active interest in the Vietnam War during the period. Hoffman faced trial in 1969 for inciting riots, as one of the eight…Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#669 Abbie Hoffman Chicago 1969 · Album · Wake Up America! · Big Toe # Big Toe 1 · USA
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Abbie Hoffman, born 30 November 1936 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, died 12 April 1989 in New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA, an American political activist in the 1960s/70s, who helped found the Youth International Party (Yippies), took an active interest in the Vietnam War during the… Notes
Big Toe Records BIG TOE 1, stereo, pink labels, "Big Toe Records, Flat Edward, New York • Made in America", "Music by The Joint Chiefs of Staff".Side 1:…
#672 Abbie Hoffman The Drug Company 1969 · Album · Wake Up America! · Big Toe # Big Toe 1 · USA
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Abbie Hoffman (30 November 1936 - 12 April 12 1989), an American political activist in the 1960s/70s, who helped found the Youth International Party (Yippies), took an active interest in the Vietnam War during the period. Hoffman faced trial in 1969 for inciting riots, as one of the eight…Notes
Big Toe Records BIG TOE 1, stereo, pink labels, "Big Toe Records, Flat Edward, New York • Made in America", "Music by The Joint Chiefs of Staff".Side 1:…
#679 Abbie Hoffman Our National Anthem 1969 · Album · Wake Up America! · Big Toe # Big Toe 1 · USA
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Abbie Hoffman (30 November 1936 - 12 April 12 1989), an American political activist in the 1960s/70s, who helped found the Youth International Party (Yippies), took an active interest in the Vietnam War during the period. Hoffman faced trial in 1969 for inciting riots, as one of the eight…Notes
Big Toe Records BIG TOE 1, stereo, pink labels, "Big Toe Records, Flat Edward, New York • Made in America", "Music by The Joint Chiefs of Staff".Side 1:…
#670 Brothers and Sisters Chimes of Freedom 1969 · Single · The Mighty Quinn / Chimes of Freedom · Ode # ZS7-121 · USA
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Ode ZS7-121 (ZS7-121-2), side 2, 45 RPM, "Radio station copy – not for sale", distributed by CBS Records, CBS, Inc., 51 West 52 Street, New York City;… #671 Gary Laster A Drafted Minor 1969 · Single · A Drafted Minor / The Riddle · D.C.A. # 101 · USA
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The track "A Drafted Minor" (D.C.A. Records # 101) focused on the discrepancy between the draft age and such things as the voting age, the drinking age, and the ability to take out a loan and drive a car in the US. Narrated from the perspective of a soldier, the singer told the listener… Notes
D.C.A. Records 101, matrix DCA-101A, "D. J. Copy", "Dist. by Chart Records, Inc."; "A Drafted Minor" (Roshell Frazher), 3:00, John Durham Pub. Co., BMI.… #673 Flying Burrito Brothers Hippie Boy 1969 · Album · The Gilded Palace of Sin · A&M # SP-4175 · USA
#674 Johnnie Taylor I Could Never Be President 1969 · Single · I Could Never Be President / It's Amazing · Stax # 46 · USA
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Johnnie Taylor, primarily known as a southern soul singer, also worked with other genres, such as gospel, blues, and R&B. Born Johnnie Harrison Taylor on 5 May 1938 in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, he started out singing in several Chicago, Illinois based gospel groups - The Five Echoes… Notes
Stax STA-0046 (ST-0191), yellow label with finger-snap logo; "I Could Never Be President" (We Three), 2:33, Pub. East/Memphis Music, BMI, dated June,… #675 Eli Radish I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier 1969 · Single · When Johnny Comes Marching Home / I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier · Capitol # P-2504 · USA
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Capitol P-2504, stereo, red-and-orange label marked "Promotional Record" and "Not for Sale"; "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol… #676 Harps of Melody Lord Bless the Weary Soldier in Viet Nam 1969 · Single · Lord Bless the Weary Soldier in Viet Nam / King Jesus Will Roll All Burdens Away · Philwood # G-207 · USA
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Lord Bless the Weary Soldier in Viet Nam (Harps of Melody)Notes
Philwood G-207 (012), Gospel Series, P. O. Box 8033, Memphis, Tenn., light blue label; "Lord Bless the Weary Soldier in Viet Nam" (Clara Anderson), 3:08,… #677 Ohio Express Make Love Not War 1969 · Single · Make Love Not War / Sausalito (Is the Place to Go) · Buddah # BDA 129 · USA
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Buddah Records BDA 129 (BUD 5267), multicoloured psychedelic label; "Make Love Not War" (J. Katz; J. Kasenetz), time 3:35, Kaskat Music, BMI; Ohio… #678 Craig Hundley One Tin Soldier 1969 · Single · One Tin Soldier / South American Getaway · World Pacific # 77935 · USA
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World Pacific 77935 (WP-706-S), "Promotion Copy Not for Sale"; "One Tin Soldier" (Dennis Lambert-Brian Potter), 2:20, Cents and Pence Music Co. BMI, "From… #680 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town 1969 · Single · Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town / Girl, Get Ahold of Yourself · Reprise # 829 · USA
Credited on the record as Kenny Rogers and The First Edition.
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The country-rock song "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (Reprise Records # 0829) written by country artist Mel Tillis, told the story of a veteran disabled in that "old crazy Asian war" - presumed to be Vietnam, but also possibly a reference to the Korean War.1 It was first released by …Notes
Reprise 0829 (L6669), "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (Mel Tillis), 2:52, Cedarwood Pub. Co., BMI; from the Reprise album RS 6328 "The First Edition… #681 Reco & Laurel Aitken Stop the War in Vietnam 1969 · Album · Scandal in a Brixton Market · Economy # ECO-8 · UK
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Laurel Aitken, born in Cuba in 1927, moved to Brixton, London in 1960. He released the reggae track "Stop the War in Vietnam" - obviously a protest song from the title, which is repeated over and over, on the obscure and hard to find album Scandal in a Brixton Market (Economy # ECO-8).Anno…
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Economy ECO-8, mono, 33⅓ r.p.m., "A Pama Records Production", Beverley Music; distributed by Pama Records Limited, 78 Craven Park Road, London N.W.10,… #682 The Dave Pell Singers Thank God The War Is Over 1969 · Mah-Na-Mah-Na · Liberty # LST 7631 · USA
#683 Tiffany Bolling Thank God the War Is Over (Short Version) 1969 · Single · Thank God the War Is Over · Canyon [Hollywood] # 19 · USA
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Canyon Records Inc., Hollywood, Calif., #19-A, matrix C-1910-RS, "Short Version" (3:15); "Thank God the War Is Over" (Peter Tevis), Wally Roker Music Inc.… #684 Larry Murray Troublemaker 1969 · Single · Troublemaker / Where Are the People · Barnaby # ZS7-2008 · USA
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Troublemaker (Murray, Larry) Singer/songwriter. Anti-protest, anti-hippie
Troublemaker: he has long hair, a rebel, anti-establishment.
Stirring up the…
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Barnaby Records ZS7-2008 (ZS7-2008-1), white radio station copy ("Radio Station Copy - Not for Sale") with large blue "A"; "Troublemaker" (B. Belland - D.… #685 Gonzalo Vigil Viet Nam 1969 · Album · Cantamos luchamos · Lince Producciones # 20016 · Uruguay
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The song "Viet Nam" (Lince Producciones # 20016) by Gonzalo Vigil, a Uruguan release on an Argentinian record label, the back of the LP said: "tribute to the 7th Congress of Communist Youth, December 1969, Montevideo Uruguay" (Spanish: Homenaje al 7° Congreso de la Juventud Comunista,…Notes
Various artist compilation - "tribute to the 7th Congress of Communist Youth, December 1969, Montevideo Uruguay" #686 Jefferson Airplane Volunteers 1969 · Album · RCA Victor # LSP-4238 · USA
#687 Eli Radish When Johnny Comes Marching Home 1969 · Single · When Johnny Comes Marching Home / I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier · Capitol # P-2504 · USA
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Capitol P-2504, stereo, red-and-orange label marked "Promotional Record" and "Not for Sale"; "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol… #688 Händel-Club Berlin Wiegenlied einer vietnamesischen Mutter [Lullaby of a Vietnamese Mother] 1969 · Compilation · Junge leute, junge lieder · ETERNA # 8 10 044 · Germany
Credited on the record as Claudia, Händel-Club Berlin.
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Wiegenlied einer Vietnamesischen mütter (Händel-Club Berlin) German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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ETERNA 8 10 044, 33 rpm, BIEM, black-and-silver label with the rim text "VEB Deutsche Schallplatten · Alle Hersteller- und Urheberrechte vorbehalten";… #689 Novak Tešić Pismo iz Vijetnama [Letter From Vietnam] 1969 · Single · "Studio VI." Vam pruža šansu (Radio Beograd 1969) · Jugoton # EPY 4032 · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Credited on the record as Novak Tešić, Ansambl Dušana Radančevića.
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Jugoton EPY-4032, 45 rpm, BIEM, made in Yugoslavia (Poduzeće za izradu gramofonskih ploča, Zagreb–Dubrava); red Jugoton labels, side A "Novak Tešić —… #690 Jon Agee August 1968 1969 · Single · August 1968 / Kelsey · Twin # TRG 23 · USA
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- Garage rock, 1968 Democratic National Convention.- Protest song - recalls the events
- Police violence, reference to Mayor Daley
- Twin Record Production…
#691 Rodd Keith Generation Gap 1969 · Single · Do Me Mister Buddy / Generation Gap · Preview # 1721 · USA
Credited on the record as Ken Roberts.
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- "Generation Gap"- Artist: Ken Roberts (aka Rodd Keith)
- Label: Preview Records # 1721
- Songwriter: Robert Brewer
- Note: need song. Vietnam-era…
#692 Trịnh Công Sơn 坊や大きくならないで [Sleep Softly, My Boy] (Ngủ đi con) 1969 · Single · 坊や大きくならないで / もしも平和になったなら · URC # URS-0002 · Japan
Credited on the record as トリン・コーン・ソン.
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URC URS-0002, monaural, 45 rpm, "Made by Un-der-ground Records Club Japan"; side 1 "坊や大きくならないで", time 4'28"; side 2 "もしも平和になったなら", time 3'38"; both 作詩・曲… #693 Trịnh Công Sơn もしも平和になったなら [If Peace Comes] 1969 · Single · 坊や大きくならないで / もしも平和になったなら · URC # URS-0002 · Japan
Credited on the record as トリン・コーン・ソン.
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URC URS-0002, monaural, 45 rpm, "Made by Un-der-ground Records Club Japan"; side 1 "坊や大きくならないで", time 4'28"; side 2 "もしも平和になったなら", time 3'38"; both 作詩・曲… #694 Sister Joan Davies Vietnam Voices 1969 · Single · Australian Inter-Church Aid # CC1166 · Australia
Credited on the record as Sister Joan Davies and the children of Vietnam.
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- Australian, narration- Featured Vietnamese children singing
- Christian in Vietnam, refugee team, medical work
- One-sided 33 rpm flexi disc issued by…
#695 Ivan Della Mea Perchè Mai Parlarci Di Pace (Why Talk To Us Of Peace) 1969 · Album · Il rosso è diventato giallo · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8104 · Italy
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"Perchè mai parlarci di pace" ("Why Talk To Us Of Peace")Notes
Gatefold cover with lyrics in Italian and English. Music by Selmoco; words by Ivan Della Mea (B4 co-written with Luciano Della Mea). Instruments: Gruppo… #696 Liverpool Scene Batpoem 1969 · Album · Amazing Adventures Of · RCA Victor # LSP-4189 · UK
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US issue (RCA Victor LSP-4189, 1969) of the 1968 UK album 'The Amazing Adventures Of...'.Also titled 'Amazing Adventures Of The Liverpool Scene'. Producer…
#697 Fabrizio De André Ring Around the H-Bomb 1969 · Single · Ring Around the H-Bomb / Winter (Inverno) · Ecco # 45-3 · Italy
Credited on the record as Fabrizio De Andre.
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Ecco Productions 45-3 (Elki Music, ASCAP; manufactured by Haddon Record Corp., USA), 3:23, backed with "Winter (Inverno)": the English version of… #698 Los Golden Stars La guerra del Vietnam 1969 · Single · Buen tirador / La guerra del Vietnam · FTA # 50444 · Peru
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The song "La guerra del Vietnam" (FTA # 50444) by Los Golden Stars, formed in 1966 in Lima, Peru. Members included Gilberto Guzmán (vocals, bass), Ricardo Osores (guitar), Jorge Ponce (organ), and Carlos Risco (drums). This is in the garage rock genre, and is to the tune of Barry McGuire's…Notes
B-side of "Buen tirador"; to the tune of Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction". FTA (Fabricantes Técnicos Asociados) 50444, Peru. #699 Eugene H. Nickerson Nickerson Speaks Out Against the War 1969 · Album · Not On Label # EN 112 R · USA
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Spoken-word speech from Eugen Nickerson, during a moratorium speech in New York on 15 October 1969, which references the Chicago demonstration. He was Democratic county executive of Nassau County, New York from 1962 until 1970.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Single-sided white-label LP, recorded at the Capitol Building, Albany, N.Y.; pressed by Sonic Recording Products (K-4015). #700 Charles Osgood Strike: Confrontation at Harvard 1969 1969 · Album · Buddah # BDSP 5044 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #701 Dick Gregory Vietnam, C.I.A., Best Police Money Can Buy 1969 · Album · Dick Gregory On: · Poppy # PYS-40008 · USA
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Comedy, spoken-word. note: catalogue songs. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #702 Dick Gregory Draft Resisters 1969 · Album · The Light Side: The Dark Side · Poppy # PYS 60001 · USA
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[From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #703 Rosko A Night at Santa Rita 1969 · Album · A Night at Santa Rita · Flying Dutchman # FDS-111 · USA
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A Night at Santa Rita ( Flying Dutchman # FDS-111), about the People's Park protest at the University of California in Berkeley in May 1969, from the… #704 Mad Dog Military Disgust 1969 · Archival · Dawn of the Seventh Sun · RD # RD 12 · USA
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Military Disgust (Mad Dog) Recorded in 1969, but demo only. Reissued later. Psychedelic, hard rock, anti-war [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #705 Stanley Cowell Blues for the Viet Cong 1969 · Album · Polydor # 583 740 · USA
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"Blues for the Viet Cong" [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #706 Frankie St. Claire This Is Life 1969 · Single · Night Bird / This Is Life · Rosebud # 1001 · USA
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Country - minor reference to war Some are fighting, some are marching, protesting. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #707 Nucleus Johnny Peace 1969 · Single · Johnny Peace / Ernie's Gone · Family [Toronto] # AP-1 · Canada
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Anti-war, draft-dodging song. Endorsed by the Mosport Peace Festival Committee. Reached 22 on the RPM CanCon chart in April 1970. [From the Museum of…1970
- 21 February: Kissinger talks with Le Duc Tho begin
- 30 April: Nixon announces the incursion into Cambodia
- 1 May: Nixon calls protesters "bums"
- 4 May: 4 Student killed at Kent State Ohio, by National Guardsmen
- 24 June: Congress repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- 12 November: Trial of Lt. William Calley began
- 22 December: Cooper-Church Amendment
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#708 Shirl Milete I Wonder If Canada's Cold 1970 · Single · Ain't That Sad / I Wonder If Canada's Cold · RCA Victor # 1909 · USA
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Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Milete wrote many songs for famous performers, including Elvis Presley. He avoided the draft during the Korean War, and did a stint in jail as a result.1 The song "I Wonder If Canada's Cold" (Poppy # 69-0101) took a peace / anti-war perspective. The first…Notes
Stereo single label marked "Plug", with a large orange poppy-flower design; "I Wonder If Canada's Cold" by Shirl Milete; Hill & Range Songs, Inc. & Last… #709 Jean Ferrat 17 ans 1970 · Album · Camarade · Barclay # 80 413 · France
#710 高石ともや [Tomoya Takaishi] ベトナムの空 (Vietnam Sky) 1970 · Single · ホー・チ・ミンのバラード / ベトナムの空 · URC # URS-0014 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高石ともや.
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The song "ベトナムの空" ( "Vietnam Sky" ) composed by songwriter 日高義 (Yoshi Hidaka), the same as discussed above, released by マイク眞木 [Mike Maki] in 1966: 波と木彫りのクマ / ベトナムの空. As mentioned, it captured the sounds and images of combat, from helicopters to burning villages and water buffalos, all… Notes
composed by songwriter 日高義 (Yoshi Hidaka), the same as the song released by マイク眞木 [Mike Maki] in 1966: 波と木彫りのクマ / ベトナムの空. URC URS-0014, monaural, 45 rpm,… #711 高石ともや [Tomoya Takaishi] もしも平和になったなら (If Peace Comes) 1970 · Single · 坊や大きくならないで / もしも平和になったなら · Victor # SV-810 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高石友也.
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Another doubled-sided Vietnam War record (Victor # SV-810) from 高石ともや [Tomoya Takaishi], born on 9 December 1941 in Uryu, Hokkaido, Japan. Both songs were composed by prominent and influential Vietnamese songwriter Trịnh Công Sơn (born 28 February 1939 in Buôn Ma Thuột, Đắk Lắk, Vietnam,… #712–721 Barbara Dane FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance 1970 · Album · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
All 10 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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FTA!: Songs of the GI Resistance (Paredon Records (# P-1003), released on the label founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements,… #712 Join the GI Movement #713 Ballad of Richard Campos #714 Bring 'Em Home #715 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum #716 Just Another Day #717 Last Drink with Don #718 Resistance Hymn #719 Go Tell it on the Mountain #720 Insubordination #721 We Shall Not Be Moved
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#712 Barbara Dane Join the GI Movement 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
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FTA!: Songs of the GI Resistance (Paredon Records (# P-1003), released on the label founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements,…Notes
Paredon P1003, © 1970 Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11202; "Sung by Barbara Dane with active-duty GIs", "Recorded at Fort Hood, Texas; Fort… #713 Barbara Dane Ballad of Richard Campos 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Join the GI Movement” above (same release).
#714 Barbara Dane Bring 'Em Home 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Join the GI Movement” above (same release).
#715 Barbara Dane Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Join the GI Movement” above (same release).
#716 Barbara Dane Just Another Day 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Join the GI Movement” above (same release).
#717 Barbara Dane Last Drink with Don 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Join the GI Movement” above (same release).
#718 Barbara Dane Resistance Hymn 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
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Of particular interest, the tune "The Resistance Hymn" dealt with the draft part of the anti-war movement, in which the narrator went to prison as a conscientious objector. Some people called the narrator a coward for not fighting, and suggested that the protesters provided support to the…Notes
Paredon P1003, © 1970 Paredon Records, PO Box 889, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11202; "Sung by Barbara Dane with active-duty GIs", "Recorded at Fort Hood, Texas; Fort… #719 Barbara Dane Go Tell it on the Mountain 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Resistance Hymn” above (same release).
#720 Barbara Dane Insubordination 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Resistance Hymn” above (same release).
#721 Barbara Dane We Shall Not Be Moved 1970 · Album · FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance · Paredon # P-1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Resistance Hymn” above (same release).
#722 Pete Seeger I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag (Mono) 1970 · Single · I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag · Columbia # 4-45257 · USA
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The song "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" (Columbia Records # 4-45257) - a cover of the Country Joe & The Fish track - one of the most well known and key of the Vietnam protest songs. Joe McDonald wrote the song in the summer of 1965 in just 30 minutes, after being discharged from the…Notes
Columbia 4-45257, 45 RPM, "Not for Resale – Radio Station Copy", issued as a mono/stereo promo pair: white label "Mono Version", side JZSP 154099, and… #723 Pete Seeger I Feel Like I'm Fixing to Die Rag (Stereo) 1970 · Single · I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag · Columbia # 4-45257 · USA
Annotation: see “I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag (Mono)” above (same release).
#724 Matt Jones Hell No! I Ain't Gonna Go 1970 · Single · Hell No! I Ain't Gonna Go / Supersam · Relevant # RP 1 · USA
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Matt Jones, an African-American civil rights activist and contemporary folk / blues / R&B cross-over musician, acted as field secretary of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an important civil rights organisation in the 1960s, taking part in sit-ins and freedom rides,…Notes
Relevant RP 1-A; "Hell No! I Ain't Gonna Go", 3:22, by Matt Jones and Elaine Laron; Relevant Productions, P.O. Box 81, Lenox Hill Station, New York, N.Y.… #725 Gil Scott-Heron Comment #1 1970 · Album · Small Talk at 125th and Lenox · Flying Dutchman # FDS 131 · USA
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In the track "Comment #1" (Flying Dutchman # FDS 131) Scott-Heron talked about the history of America with particularly reference to slavery, false freedoms and false revolution: "Democracy, liberty, and justice were revolutionary code names...in the mother country's crotch and behold a… #726 Leon Thomas Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 1 1970 · Single · Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 1 / Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 2 · Flying Dutchman # FD 26009 · USA
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Leon Thomas, born on 4 October 1937 in East Saint-Louis, Illinois, USA, and died on 8 May 1999 in New York, USA, an American Avant-Garde Jazz musician, released the song "Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam)" (Flying Dutchman # FD 26009), split into two tracks across this single. It featured…Notes
Flying Dutchman FD 26009, vocal, white promotional labels marked "Promotional — Not for Sale", 45 RPM; "A Product of Flying Dutchman Productions Ltd., 65… #727 Leon Thomas Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 2 1970 · Single · Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 1 / Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 2 · Flying Dutchman # FD 26009 · USA
Annotation: see “Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 1” above (same release).
#728 Edwin Starr War 1970 · Single · War / He Who Picks a Rose · Gordy # G 7101 · USA
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Edwin Starr, soul & funk artist, born on 21 January 1942 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He died on 2 April 2003 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK. The song "War" ,, one of the most well-known anti-war protest tracks, with its famous line "war, what is it good for?" , was written by Norman…Notes
Gordy G 7101 (N-K-N-768M04); "War" (N. Whitfield - B. Strong), 3:12, Jobete - BMI, © 1970; produced by Norman Whitfield; a trademark of Motown Record… #729 Edwin Starr Stop The War Now 1970 · Single · Stop the War Now / Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love · Gordy # G 7104 · USA
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The track "Stop the War Now" (Gordy Records # 7104), while musically very similar to Edwin Starr's "War", contained more content, calling for people to protest and the politicians to act. Kicking off with the whistle of a bomb dropping, and then an explosion, it told of the draft letter… Notes
Gordy G 7104 (N-T2-N-846M01), purple and yellow label, ℗ © 1970; "Stop the War Now" (N. Whitfield-B. Strong), Jobete-BMI, time 3:35; produced by Norman… #730 Ramona / Romona Jones (We Break) The Rules Made For Man 1970 · Single · Shows All Over Your Face / (We Break) The Rules Made for Man · Jet Stream # 801 · USA
Credited on the record as Romona Jones.
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Released on Huey P. Meaux's Texas based label, probably around 1970-1971 (based on the label discography) was the track "(We Break) The Rules Made for Man" (Jet Stream Records # 801) by Ramona Jones. This track made a general criticism of world affairs, complaining about the lack of "broth… Notes
Jet Stream Records 801, 45 RPM, RJ-JS-2, D.J. copy; "(We Break) The Rules Made for Man" (Thomas, McRee, Thomas), Crazy Cajun Music, BMI, 2:22; producer… #731 Martha Reeves & the Vandellas I Should Be Proud 1970 · Single · I Should Be Proud / Love, Guess Who · Gordy # 7098 · USA
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The song "I Should Be Proud" (Gordy Records # 7098), written by Henry Cosby, Pam Sawyer and Joe Hinton and recorded by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas, is well known as one of the first anti-war songs released by the Motown label - just months before Edwin Starr's "War".…Notes
Gordy G 7098, purple-and-yellow label, © 1970, Jobete–BMI, matrix C-K-M5-722M01, 2:55; "I Should Be Proud" (Cosby–Hinton–Sawyer), arranged by Cosby &… #732 Lord Brynner Vietnam Moratorium 1970 · Single · Martin Luther King / Vietnam Moratorium · Hilary # LB-406 · USA
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The calypso song "Vietnam Moratorium" (Hilary # LB-406) by Lord Brynne - born Kade Simon, in Erin, Trinidad and Tobago, in 19371 This song dealt with the mass demonstration called the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam (15 October 1969 and 15 November 1969, which put much pressure on… Notes
Hilary LB-406B, Side 2, white label with a multicoloured dot border; "Vietnam Moratorium", Lord Brynner. No writer or time is printed. [From the record… #733 The Blake Boy Cambodia 1970 · Single · Harry J # HJ 1856 · Jamaica
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Blake Boy aka: Winston Blake, born 19 November 1940 in Morant Bay, Saint Thomas, Jamaica, and died 27 February 2016 in Kingston, Jamaica, was especially well-known as a Jamaican sound system operator and record producer. He also recorded a few Reggae tracks, such as this anti-war song "Cam… #734 Tom Parrott Pinkville Helicopter 1970 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads Vol. 5: Time Is Running Out · Broadside # FW05312 · USA
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Tom Parrott, born in Washington D.C., USA, in 1944, a prominent member of the contemporary folk scene in the 1960s, wrote many political songs addressing the Vietnam War, such as the song"The Freedoms We've Been Fighting For" (1967), the song"Hole in the Ground" (1968),… #735 Mike Millius Ballad of Song My 1970 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · USA
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Mike Millius came out of the New York contemporary folk scene, like Phil Ochs and Tom Parrott, although probably less successful and less well-known than those two, only releasing one album during the 60s/70s period: Desperado (1969). He had nine songs published in Broadside, including… Notes
Unreleased - lyrics and notation appeared in Broadside Magazine # 105 (March 1970), featured alongside a newspaper article, which had the headline "Calley… #736–741 Rosko Massacre at My Lai 1970 · Album · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA
All 6 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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A spoken word release (Flying Dutchman # FDS-118) in which Rosko narrated the newspaper articles of Pete Hamill - an American journalist who in the 1960s wrote for the New York Post, reporting from Vietnam.1 It took a highly critical view of the Vietnam War, the military, and the… #736 The War Crimes #737 The Deserters #738 In Memoriam #739 The Killers #740 Letter From a Soldier #741 The War
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#736 Rosko The War Crimes 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
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A spoken word release (Flying Dutchman # FDS-118) in which Rosko narrated the newspaper articles of Pete Hamill - an American journalist who in the 1960s wrote for the New York Post, reporting from Vietnam.1 It took a highly critical view of the Vietnam War, the military, and the… #737 Rosko The Deserters 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “The War Crimes” above (same release).
#738 Rosko In Memoriam 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “The War Crimes” above (same release).
#739 Rosko The Killers 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
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In the track "The Killers" , Hamill suggested that all Americans "share in mass murder" . He referenced Ronald L. Haeberle - a United States Army photographer who took the photographs of the My Lai Massacre in March 1968. He sold his private photographs to The Plain Dealer, which published… #740 Rosko Letter From a Soldier 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “The Killers” above (same release).
#741 Rosko The War 1970 · Album · Massacre at My Lai · Flying Dutchman # FDS-118 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “The Killers” above (same release).
#742 Louis Calabro Latitude 15.09°N (Longitude 108.5°E) 1970 · Album · Century # 39359 · USA
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Recorded in Bennington, Vermont, on 25 May 1970, the title "Latitude 15.09°N (Longitude 108.5°E)" referred to the geographical location of My Lai, as indicated on the map on the front cover of this LP. Written and conducted by Louis Calabro, born 1 November 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. He… Notes
Title referred to the geographical location of My Lai, as indicated on the map on the front cover of this LP Century 39359, stereo, "mfg. by Century… #743 The Shah The My Lai Incident 1970 · Single · The My Lai Incident / Introduction to a Calypsonian · Telco # TW-3427 · Trinidad & Tobago
Credited on the record as The Shah acc. by Telco All Stars Recording Orch..
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The calypso song "The My Lai Incident" (Telco # TW-3427) by the Shah came out of Trinidad & Tobago in the Carribean, dealing with the My Lai Massacre, one of the most controversial events of the war, which inspired 290+ songs. This was the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in the… Notes
Telco TW-3427 (SP-10864), 45 RPM; "The My Lai Incident" (S. Mohammed), Witelco Music Co.; The Shah accompanied by the Telco All Stars Recording Orchestra… #744 Guitar Slim Green This War Ain't Right 1970 · Album · Stone Down Blues · Kent # KST-549 · USA
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Guitar Slim Green, obscure blues artist, born on 25 July 1907 in Bryan, Texas, USA, and died 28 September 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. The song "This War Ain't Right" (Kent Records # KST-549) composed by Johnny Otis, takes an anti-war position, describing the conflict as a "lowdow… #745 Tiffany Bolling Thank God the War Is Over 1970 · Single · Let It Be / Thank God the War Is Over · Canyon [Hollywood] # 33 · USA
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Tiffany Bolling, from Santa Monica, California, is an American actress and singer, known for starring in several 70s cult B-movies, such as The Candy Snatchers. She released an album in 1970 called Tiffany. The easy listening lounge pop song "Thank God the War Is Over" (Canyon Records #… Notes
Canyon Records Inc., Hollywood, Calif., #33, side 33-B; "Thank God the War Is Over" (Peter Tevis), 4:20, Wally Roker Music/Figgy Music (BMI), "From her… #746 Third Condition Monday In May (The Kent State Tragedy) 1970 · Single · Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy) / Nickel · Sundi # SR-6815 · USA
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Third Condition were a garage rock band from Daytona Beach, Florida, popular on the local garage scene, featuring Charles "Chuck" Robinette (lead singer), Ralph Citrullo (bass), Chris Drake (vocals, guitar), Allen Dresser (guitar), Max Easom (drums, vocals), and Neil Haney (vocals,…Notes
original promo copy under the title Monday in May (A May Day of Hell) - title then changed to "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" Sundi Records… #747 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Ohio 1970 · Single · Ohio / Find the Cost of Freedom · Atlantic # 45-2740 · USA
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Neil Young wrote the protest song "Ohio" (Atlantic # 2740), performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - a super-group, formed in 1969 in Bethel, New York, USA, featuring David Crosby (vocals, guitar), Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass), Graham Nash (vocals, guitar,… Notes
Atlantic 45-2740 (A-19330-PL), 45 rpm, vocal, "Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y."; "Ohio" (Neil Young), 3:00,… #748 Coast Why (A Peace Medley) 1970 · Single · Massive # M-1001 · USA
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As mentioned above, their are dozens of cover versions of the famous Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song Ohio. This included the track "Why (A Peace Medley)" (Massive Records # M-1001), one of the more interesting interpretations. Released by the obscure soul group Coast in New York, in… Notes
Massive Records M-1001 (1001-A-BW), promotion copy; "Why (A Peace Medley)" by "Coast", time 2:41; produced and directed by Martin Brummer and Gene Busnar,… #749 Maxima Four Dead in Ohio 1970 · Single · Together Again / Four Dead in Ohio · GWS # TRG-42 · USA
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The psychedelic garage rock song "Four Dead in Ohio" (GWS # TRG-42), released in 1970, covered the well-known Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song Ohio composed by Neil Young: "Nixon's coming...I here the drumming, four dead in Ohio" . This version started out with a spoken-word anti-war,… Notes
GWS Recording Corp. of America, "World of Hits", 1175 N.E. 125th Street, Suite 413, North Miami, Florida; TRG-42 B; "Four Dead in Ohio", credited on the… #750 Evoloution Sandra Allison Jeffrey and Bill 1970 · Single · Sandra Allison Jeffrey and Bill / Straws in the Wind · Garlin # 107 · USA
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The song title "Sandra Allison Jeffrey and Bill" (Garlin Records # 107) referenced the four student killed at Kent State - which would seem to be one of the few songs about Kent State to actually mention the victims by name, and certainly the only song in the title - the others being "The…Notes
Garlin Records 107A, 11027 Blix Street, N. Hollywood, Calif. 91602; "Sandra Allison Jeffrey and Bill" (Norm Pringle - Virgil Stickney), Pringle Music… #751 Steve Miller Band Jackson-Kent Blues 1970 · Album · Number 5 · Capitol # SKAO 436 · USA
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The psychedelic rock track "Jackson-Kent Blues" (Capitol Records # SKAO-436) by the American group Steve Miller Band is one of the few songs to actually mention the killings of two African-American students at Jackson State College on 15 May 1970. Released on this album only, in July… #752 J.J. Light Kent State 1970 · Single · Kent State / Gallup, New Mexico · Liberty # 15 393 A · USA
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The song "Kent State" (Liberty Records # 15 393 A) by J.J. Light - otherwise known as Jimmy Stallings, a member of the country rock group Sir Douglas Quintet, based in Texas, USA - recalled the moments of the shooting, in a first person narrative, from the perspective of someone present… Notes
Liberty LB 15 393 A, black label with rainbow edge and Statue of Liberty logo, United Artists GmbH, GEMA, Liberty / UA GmbH, München; "Kent State" (J. J.… #753–760 Rosko Murder at Kent State University 1970 · Album · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
All 8 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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A largely spoken word release, with musical background (Flying Dutchman # FDS-127) in which Rosko narrated the newspaper articles of Pete Hamill - an American journalist who in the 1960s wrote for the New York Post, reporting from Vietnam.1 It took a highly critical view of the Vietnam… #753 The Last Press Conference #754 The Army of the Young #755 Four Children Are Still Dead #756 Hair #757 Hard Hats and Cops #758 Introduction #759 No Symphony for the Devil #760 USA Allaway
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#753 Rosko The Last Press Conference 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
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A largely spoken word release, with musical background (Flying Dutchman # FDS-127) in which Rosko narrated the newspaper articles of Pete Hamill - an American journalist who in the 1960s wrote for the New York Post, reporting from Vietnam.1 It took a highly critical view of the Vietnam… #754 Rosko The Army of the Young 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “The Last Press Conference” above (same release).
#755 Rosko Four Children Are Still Dead 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
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The final track, "Four Children Are Still Dead" , a poem composed by Lois Wyse, expressed disbelief that the National Guard - "just kids who aren't in Vietnam" - had gunned down the four students: "it can't be right" . She watched television in shock at the events, which made it more real.… #756 Rosko Hair 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).
#757 Rosko Hard Hats and Cops 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).
#758 Rosko Introduction 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).
#759 Rosko No Symphony for the Devil 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).
#760 Rosko USA Allaway 1970 · Album · Murder at Kent State University · Flying Dutchman # FDS-127 · USA
Credited on the record as Pete Hamill, narrated by Rosko.
Annotation: see “Four Children Are Still Dead” above (same release).
#761 Michael J. Brody, Jr. The War Is Over 1970 · Single · The War Is Over / You Ain't Going Nowhere · RCA Victor # 74-0309 · USA
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Contemporary folk artist Michael James Brody, born 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He died 26 January 1973, in Shokan, New York, USA. He released the anti-Vietnam war song "The War Is Over" (RCA Victor # 74-0309) which referenced Richard Nixon, criticising him for ignoring the protesters… Notes
RCA Victor 74-0309 (ZPKS-5304), stereo, orange label; "The War Is Over" (Michael J. Brody, Jr.), 2:34, Dunbar Music Inc., BMI; made in U.S.A. RCA company… #762 David Peel & The Lower East Side Hey, Mr. Draft Board 1970 · Album · American Revolution · Elektra # EKS 74069 · USA
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Psychedelic folk rock group formed in New York City, USA, featuring David Peel, Harold Black, Billy Jo White, Larry Adams. Led by David Peel, born as Angel Perez, to Puerto Rican parents on 1 August 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and died 6 April 2017 in Manhattan, New York, USA, was… #763 Rodriguez Establishment Blues 1970 · Album · Cold Fact · Sussex # SXBS 7000 · USA
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Sixto Rodriquez was born on 10 July 1942, in Detroit, Michigan. Both his parents immigrated from Mexico, his father in the 1920s. He often sung about political and economic issues affecting inner city poor, and the marginalisation that Mexican-Americans faced.1 The 1970 song "Establishment… #764–887 Chicago Chicago [II] 1970 · Album · Columbia # KGP 24 · USA
All 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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The pop rock group which formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1967, dedicated the album to "ourselves, our futures and our energies to the people of the revolution...and the revolution in all its forms". The track "It Better End Soon" (Columbia Records # KGP 24) protested against war (while not… #764 It Better End Soon 1st Movement #885 It Better End Soon 2nd Movement #886 It Better End Soon 3rd Movement #887 It Better End Soon 4th Movement
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#764 Chicago It Better End Soon 1st Movement 1970 · Album · Chicago [II] · Columbia # KGP 24 · USA
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The pop rock group which formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1967, dedicated the album to "ourselves, our futures and our energies to the people of the revolution...and the revolution in all its forms". The track "It Better End Soon" (Columbia Records # KGP 24) protested against war (while not… #885 Chicago It Better End Soon 2nd Movement 1970 · Album · Chicago [II] · Columbia # KGP 24 · USA
#886 Chicago It Better End Soon 3rd Movement 1970 · Album · Chicago [II] · Columbia # KGP 24 · USA
#887 Chicago It Better End Soon 4th Movement 1970 · Album · Chicago [II] · Columbia # KGP 24 · USA
#765 Black Sabbath Hand of Doom 1970 · Album · Paranoid · Vertigo # 6360 011 · UK
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Black Sabbath, Heavy Metal band formed on 9 August 1969 in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK, fronted by Ozzy Osbourne, released possibly the only Heavy Metal songs during the Vietnam War conflict - most were released in the post-war years, particular from the 1980s. On this album was the song… #766 Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship Mau Mau (Amerikon) 1970 · Album · Blows Against the Empire · RCA Victor # LSP 4448 · USA
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The song "Mau Mau (Amerikon)" (RCA Victor # LSP 4448), a collaboration between Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship (pretty much an extended line-up of Jefferson Airplane with other San Francisco musicians), makes a clear reference to Richard Nixon and his war - "so drop your fuckin'… #767 Eugene McDaniels Silent Majority 1970 · Album · Outlaw · Atlantic # SD 8259 · USA
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Anti-Nixon, anti-war track "Silent Majority" (Atlantic # SD 8259), a reference to Nixon's Vietnam War speech on 3 November 1969: "and so tonight—to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans—I ask for your support".1 The lyrics contained a minor anti-war Christmas reference: "wa… #768 The Lumpen Free Bobby Now 1970 · Single · Free Bobby Now / No More · USA
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Black Panther group formed in 1970 in San Francisco, California, USA, with Bill Calhoun, Clark Bailey, James Mott, and Michael Torrance, which only released this rare 7" single, with the song "Free Bobby Now" (# BPP-4501), composed by Bill Calhoun, in support of Bobby Seale. The top of… #769 Charlie Haden We Shall Overcome 1970 · Album · Liberation Music Orchestra · Impulse! # AS-9183 · USA
Annotation: see “Free Bobby Now” above (same release).
#770 The Doors Peace Frog 1970 · Album · Morrison Hotel · Elektra # EKS-75007 · USA
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Psychedelic rock group, formed in July 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA, featuring Robby Krieger (guitar), John Densmore (drums), Ray Manzarek (keyboards, bass pedals, vocals), and Jim Morrison (vocals, 1965-71). The song "Peace Frog" (Elektra Records # EKS-75007) contained a… #771 Roy Brown No me sulfuro más 1970 · Album · Yo protesto · Libre # VR-1001 · Puerto Rico
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Roy Brown, born 18 July 1945 in Orlando, Florida, USA - his mother came from Ponce, a city in Puerto Rico, his father was a US naval officer. He studied at the University of Puerto Rico in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He released the politically charged Yo protesto album in 1969 on a… Notes
US issue on Vanguardia VR-1001 (the Puerto Rican issue is on Libre), "Yo Protesto", Roy Brown, red label, 33 1/3 RPM; Side A track 3: "No Me Sulfuro"… #772 Roy Brown Monón 1970 · Album · Yo protesto · Libre # VR-1001 · Puerto Rico
Annotation: see “No me sulfuro más” above (same release).
#773–775 Various Artists Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America 1970 · Album · Paredon # PAR01001 · Cuba
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Compilation of Spanish-language South American protest songs (Paredon Records # PAR01001), released in the US, which included three tracks related to the Vietnam War. Paredon Records was founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and… #773 Bajo el arco del sol [Under the Arc of the Sun: Armed Struggle] #774 David y Goliath #775 Johnny, no sabe porque (Johnny, You Don't Know Why)
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#773 Silvio Rodríguez Bajo el arco del sol [Under the Arc of the Sun: Armed Struggle] 1970 · Album · Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America · Paredon # PAR01001 · Cuba
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Compilation of Spanish-language South American protest songs (Paredon Records # PAR01001), released in the US, which included three tracks related to the Vietnam War. Paredon Records was founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and… #774 Carlos Puebla David y Goliath 1970 · Album · Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America · Paredon # PAR01001 · Cuba
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Secondly, this LP had the track "David y Goliath" , which is listed on the back of the LP as "David and Goliath (The Vietnamese Are Small)" by Carlos Puebla - born on 11 September 1917 in Manzanillo, Cuba and died on 12 July 1989, Havana, Cuba. He was known to be a key protest singer in…Notes
Also known as David and Goliath (The Vietnamese Are Small) #775 Noel Nicola Johnny, no sabe porque (Johnny, You Don't Know Why) 1970 · Album · Cancion Protesta: Protest Songs of Latin America · Paredon # PAR01001 · Cuba
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Thirdly, this LP had the song "Johnny, no sabe por qué" ( "Johnny, Don't You Know Why?" ) by Noel Nicola - born on 7 October 1946 in Havana, Cuba. He died on 7 August 2005. He was also a member of the Cuban group Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC, discussed above. This song told the… #776 Roger Thwaites Child of Vietnam 1970 · Album · North by North West · Columbia # SOEX-9698 · Australia
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Roger Thwaites, Australian contemporary folk artist, composed and released the song "Child of Vietnam" (Columbia (EMI) # SOEX-9698), which started off with gunfire sound-effects, and took an anti-war perspective. The back of the LP said: "Child of Vietnam is the story of a little girl and…Notes
Sample copy.Produced by Eric Dunn, musical direction Ron Martin; matrix YTX1223.
The sleeve note describes the song as the story of a little girl and a…
#777 Russell Morris Rachel 1970 · Single · Rachel / Slow Joey · Columbia # DO-9102 · Australia
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Russell Morris, singer/songwriter, born on 31 July 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from the band Somebody's Image, played the anti-war song "Rachel" (Columbia (EMI) # DO-9102), written by British artist Raymond Froggatt (member of The Monopoly). Although it is unknown whether… #778 Martin Wesley-Smith Vietnam Image 1970 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Electronic classical composer and musician Martin Wesley-Smith was born on 10 June 1945 in Adelaide, Australia. He died on 26 September 2019 in Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia. He was conscripted to the Vietnam War, but avoided service through studying.1 He originally composed the song "Vi…Notes
He was conscripted to the Vietnam War, but avoided service through studying. He originally composed the song "Vietnam Image" in 1970, which clocked in at… #779 Marie-Claude Robert Vietnam 1970 · Album · Supranatural · MP [France] # 2000 · France
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Obscure French experimental artist, Marie-Claude Robert, released this LP in 1970, featuring two instrumental war-related tracks, "Vietnam" and "La rue de Saigon" (MP 2000 # MP 2000).Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#780 Røde Mor Du flyver dag og nat på Vietnam 1970 · EP · Johnny gennem Ild og Vand · Demos # 1 · Denmark
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Røde Mor, group formed in 1970, København, Hovedstaden, Denmark, and disbanded in 1978, known for playing Dansktop - "Danish equivalent to Swedish Dansbandsmusik, German Volkstümliche Musik, and US Country; a coming together of folk and pop elements". The song "Du flyver dag og nat på…Notes
Demos DEM 1 (side 2 matrix DEM 1 B), red label, ℗ 1970, "All rights reserved"; side 2 lists "Du flyver dag og nat på Vietnam" 2.15, "Lil' Johnny's mund"… #781–784 Timo Tuomisto Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja 1970 · EP · Love # LREP 110 · Finland
All 4 songs from this ep in the archive are in this collection
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Jazz-rock EP (Love Records # LREP 110), putting the poems of the North Vietnamese leader Hồ Chí Minh to music, featuring: "Hieno sää" ( "Nice Weather" ), "Jalkaraudat" , "Keskisyksyn juhla" ( "Mid-Autumn Festival" ), and "Matkallelähtö ennen amunkoittoa" ( "Departure Before Dawn" ). Recorded at… #781 Hieno sää [Nice Weather] #782 Keskisyksyn juhla [Mid-Autumn Festival] #783 Matkallelähtö ennen amunkoittoa [Departure Before Dawn] #784 Jalkaraudat
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#781 Timo Tuomisto Hieno sää [Nice Weather] 1970 · EP · Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja · Love # LREP 110 · Finland
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Jazz-rock EP (Love Records # LREP 110), putting the poems of the North Vietnamese leader Hồ Chí Minh to music, featuring: "Hieno sää" ( "Nice Weather" ), "Jalkaraudat" , "Keskisyksyn juhla" ( "Mid-Autumn Festival" ), and "Matkallelähtö ennen amunkoittoa" ( "Departure Before Dawn" ). Recorded at… #782 Timo Tuomisto Keskisyksyn juhla [Mid-Autumn Festival] 1970 · EP · Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja · Love # LREP 110 · Finland
Annotation: see “Hieno sää [Nice Weather]” above (same release).
#783 Timo Tuomisto Matkallelähtö ennen amunkoittoa [Departure Before Dawn] 1970 · EP · Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja · Love # LREP 110 · Finland
Annotation: see “Hieno sää [Nice Weather]” above (same release).
#784 Timo Tuomisto Jalkaraudat 1970 · EP · Ho-Tši-Minh´in runoja · Love # LREP 110 · Finland
Annotation: see “Hieno sää [Nice Weather]” above (same release).
#785 The Wilburn Brothers Vision at the Peace Table 1970 · Album · Little Johnny From Down the Street · Decca # DL 75173 · USA
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The group, which featured the brothers Doyle Wilburn and Teddy Wilburn from Hardy, Arkansas, both served in the US army during the Korean War.1 They also released the 1971 Vietnam War single The War Keeps Draggin' On (Decca Records # 32909). Reaching # 37 in the Billboard country charts… #786 The Wilburn Brothers Little Johnny From Down The Street 1970 · Album · Little Johnny From Down the Street · Decca # DL 75173 · USA
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The track "Little Johnny From Down the Street" (Decca Records # DL 75173) focused on the plight of a soldier called Johnny.1 The front cover of the album featured a freckled-faced boy - presumably Little Johnny? Larry G. Whitehead composed the song. It started by recalling the childhood… #787 Laura Nyro Christmas in My Soul 1970 · Album · Christmas and the Beads of Sweat · Columbia # KC 30259 · USA
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Singer/songwriter, born 18 October 1947, Bronx, New York, USA, died 8 April 1997, Danbury, Connecticut, USA, released this Christmas-themed album, which included the song "Christmas in My Soul" (Columbia Records # KC 30259), an anti-Vietnam war song. It expressed patriotism, while… #788 Rev Oris Mays Another Christmas Without My Son 1970 · Single · Another Christmas Without My Son / Stand Still · Jewel [Shreveport] # 155 · USA
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The track "Another Christmas Without My Son" (Jewel Records # 155) is a monologue by Rev. Oris Mays, backed by a gospel choir. Oris Mays, born in Lambert, Mississippi, 1935, moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he worked at the Boston Street Baptist Church. In Memphis he fronted the first… Notes
Jewel Records "Devotional Series", Jewel 155, SL 1735; "Another Christmas Without My Son" (Rev. O. Mays-J. Wyatt), Su-Ma, BMI, time 2:45; produced by Rev.… #789–934 Various Artists Broadside Ballads Vol. 5: Time Is Running Out 1970 · Compilation · Folkways # FW05312 · USA
All 4 songs from this compilation in the archive are in this collection
#789 Good Mornin' Brother Hudson #790 Elijah Good #791 A Pickaxe and a Stone #934 Hell No, I Ain't Gonna Go
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#789 Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick Good Mornin' Brother Hudson 1970 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads Vol. 5: Time Is Running Out · Folkways # FW05312 · USA
#790 Wesley Houston Elijah Good 1970 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads Vol. 5: Time Is Running Out · Folkways # FW05312 · USA
#791 Jimmy Collier A Pickaxe and a Stone 1970 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads Vol. 5: Time Is Running Out · Folkways # FW05312 · USA
#934 Matt Jones Hell No, I Ain't Gonna Go 1970 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads Vol. 5: Time Is Running Out · Folkways # FW05312 · USA
Credited on the record as Matthew Jones & Elaine Laron.
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Broadside BRS 312 / Folkways FW 5312, "Broadside Vol. 5: Time Is Running Out" (© 1970 Asch Recordings), side B track 5, 3:25; credited "Matthew Jones &… #792 Garry Sherman Viet Nam Cantata Peace Lovin' Man 1970 · Single · Viet Nam Cantata Peace Lovin' Man / Viet Nam Cantata Soldiers Recite · Buddah # BDA 198 · USA
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Viet Nam Cantata: Peace Lovin' Man (2nd Movement) (Sherman, Garry)Viet Nam Cantata: Soldiers Recite (2nd Movement) (Sherman, Gary)
A-side: country-ish -…
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Buddah Records BDA 198, multicoloured promotional label marked "Not for sale", both sides headed "Viet Nam Cantata" with "Music: Garry Sherman, Paintings:… #793 Kathy Gregory After Cambodia 1970 · Album · Myself · Project 3 # PR 4007SD · USA
Notes
After Cambodia (Gregory, Kathy) #794 George Kent Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) 1970 · Single · Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) / Let's Just Pretend · Mercury # 73127 · USA
Annotation
Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken) (Mercury Records # 73127). Composed by Tom T. Hall. 12
Plight of the soldier. About wounded veteran, lost both legs in the war. Leans towards making an anti-war statement, such as "thank you sir and yes sir it was worth it for the old…
Notes
Mercury 73127, 1-47153, red label; "Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken)" (T. T. Hall), 2:52, Newkeys Music Inc. (BMI); George Kent, "Produced by Jerry… #795 Skeeter Davis When You Gonna Bring Our Soldiers Home 1970 · Single · We Need a Lot More of Jesus / When You Gonna Bring Our Soldiers Home · RCA Victor # 47-9871 · USA
Notes
When You Gonna Bring Our Soldiers Home (Davis, Skeeter)Country. Anti-war. Nixon
When you gonna bring our soldiers home
When you gonna bring our soldiers home
…
Notes
RCA 47-9871 (ZWKM-1207), lime-green "Not for Sale" label, Made in U.S.A.; "When You Gonna Bring Our Soldiers Home" (Skeeter Davis), Crestmoor Music, BMI,… #796 Roxy (We Gotta) Stop the War 1970 · Single · Elektra # PEACE-1 · USA
Notes
(We Gotta) Stop the War (Roxy)Folk rock, anti-war.
How do we stop the war?
Who called the national guard? (Kent State reference)
Notes
Elektra PEACE-1, "For radio station use only", Elektra Records, 1855 Broadway, New York; "(We Gotta) Stop the War" (Segarini/Bishop), Paradox… #797 MC5 The Human Being Lawnmower 1970 · Album · Back in the USA · Atlantic # SD 8247 · USA
Notes
Human Being Lawnmower, The (MC5)Anti-war, protest.
MC5 (Motor City Five) took their name from Detroit, Michigan. They formed in the city in 1963. The…
#798 D.B.M. & T Hey! Mr. President 1970 · Single · Hey! Mr. President / Frisco Annie · Bell # B-942 · USA
Notes
Hey! Mr. President (D, B, M & T) (Bell Records # B-942)Notes
Bell B-942, matrix 9756-BW, white label marked "Promotional Copy - Not for Sale"; "Hey! Mr. President" (Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams), 3:01, Screen… #799 Lee Michaels The What Now America 1970 · Single · What Now America / Uummmm My Lady · A&M # 1219 · USA
Notes
A&M Records 1219 (2033), white "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale" label; "What Now America" (Lee Michaels), "From the A&M album SP-4249", LaBrea… #800 Phil Felice The Sound of Drums 1970 · Single · Mercury # DJ-184 · USA
Notes
Folk pop, leans anti-war. Sound-effects of demonstrations, marching soldiers, and war.Father: we are proud of you, I fought in WW2, domino theory…
Notes
Mercury DJ-184 (73022), "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale", with a mono version (1-44547, white label) and a stereo version (2-44547, red label); "The… #801 Everybody's Children The Time Is Now 1970 · Single · The Time Is Now / Abide With Me · Date # 2-1673 · USA
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Date 2-1673 (JZSS 153810), stereo, 45 RPM, green label; "The Time Is Now" (K. Young-P. Ford), 3:42, publisher Kangaroo & Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI);… #802 Jubal's Children The Bomb 1970 · Unreleased · The Bomb / Thanks a Lot for Nothing · Beverly Hills # 45-9357 · USA
Notes
Bomb, The (Jubal's Children)Psychedelic pop / garage rock. Novelty. Anti-war. Anti-Atom bomb
Reference to people going off to war.
Vietnam-era / Cold War…
Notes
beverly hills 45-9357 (BH-6253), white label marked "Promotion copy — Not for sale", "beverly hills record company, inc · 9336 w. washington blvd · culver… #803 On the Seventh Day On the Seventh Day... #1 1970 · Album · Mercury # SR 61248 · USA
Notes
On the Seventh DayNeed to catalog songs.
Anti-war, psychedelic folk, hippie. Civil right.
General 60s-70s political-social issues
Notes
Album line, contains Vietnam references. On the Seventh Day Need to catalog songs. Anti-war, psychedelic folk, hippie. Civil right. General 60s-70s… #804 The Guess Who American Woman 1970 · Single · American Woman / No Sugar Tonight · RCA Victor # 74-0325 · Canada
Annotation
Notes
American Woman (The Guess Who)Blues rock. Anti-war. Canadian group.
Draft dodger.
"In an interview with Randy Bachman in Songfacts he elaborated further, calling this "an anti-war protest song," explaining that when they came up with it on stage, the band and the audience had a…
Notes
The pictures show the parent album, RCA Victor LSP-4266, stereo, "American Woman — The Guess Who".The front cover is a dark blue-tinted montage of the…
#805 Just Luv Valley of Hate 1970 · Single · Valley of Hate / Good Good Lovin' · M-S # MS-216 · USA
Credited on the record as The Just Luv.
Notes
M-S Records MS-216 (ZTSC-142662), blue sunburst label, 45 RPM; "Valley of Hate" (Frank R. Rossi), time 3:30, Chetkay Pub., B.M.I.; marked "Rock… #806 Bob Seger System Leanin on My Dream 1970 · Album · Mongrel · Capitol # SKAO-499 · USA
Notes
Leanin on My Dream (Seger, Bob)(Capitol Records # SKAO-499). Released as a single in France: Leanin on My Dream / Song to Rufus (Capitol Records # 2C006…
#807 Gary Davis My Lai (In Remembrance of Polynices) 1970 · Single · Janis and Jimi / My Lai (In Remembrance of Polynices) · Pearce # 5837 · USA
Notes
My Lai (In Remembrance of Polynices) (Davis, Gary)Calley / My Lai song. Folk rock. Anti-war. Anti-Calley
From Independence, MO. Pearce (# 5837). Sub-label…
Notes
Pearce No. 5837, Side Two, orange and olive label; "My Lai (In Remembrance of Polynices)" (G. Davis), time 1:33, Limestone Pub. Co., BMI; "A Division of… #808 Earl Epps 4:00 A.M. in Viet Nam 1970 · Single · 4.00 A.M. in Viet Nam / Wishing Well · Stoneway # 1016 · USA
Credited on the record as Earle Epps.
Notes
"4 a.m. in Viet Nam" (Stoneway Records # 1016).Houston, Texas. Written by Earle Epps (aka Earl Epps, born in Texas, 1930). Produced by Roy M. Stone.
Country…
Notes
Stoneway Records 1016, 45 RPM, LH-2019, 2817 Laura Koppe, Houston, Texas; "4:00 A.M. in Viet Nam" (Earle Epps), Roy M. Stone Pub. (BMI), time 3:08;… #809 The Temptations Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 1970 · Single · Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) / It's Summer · Gordy # G 7099 · USA
Annotation
Famous Detroit, Michigan soul group, The Temptations, formed in 1961, and had a string of hits with Motown Records. With a somewhat revolving line-up throughout its history, with its classic line-up featuring David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams, Eddie Kendricks, and Paul… Notes
Gordy G 7099 (N-K-N-760M02), purple-and-yellow label; "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" (Whitfield, Strong), time 4:04, © 1970 Jobete,… #810 The Supremes Someday We'll Be Together 1970 · Live · Farewell · Motown # MS2-708 · USA
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"Someday We'll Be Together" - live version, Diana Ross says "bring our boys back from Vietnam" #811 Brothers of Love Make Love, Not War (Love Is What We're Striving For) 1970 · Single · Intrepid # 75026 · USA
Notes
Soul, anti-warNotes
Intrepid 75026 (1-47255), light blue and white label with anchor logo; "Make Love Not War (Love Is What We're Striving For)" (J. James), Jamesboy… #812 Sylvia Robinson Have You Had Any Lately? 1970 · Single · Have You Had Any Lately / Anytime · Stang # 5015 · USA
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Notes
Have You Had Any Lately (Robinson, Sylvia)Anti-war, protest. Soul.
Song re-worked in 1971 about William Calley - "Lieutenant" (Had Any Lately?) - by artist called Mother of Three (potential Sylvia Robinson, the tracks sound like the same singer, plus she did have three children).1
Billb…
Notes
Stang Records ST 5015-A, "a div. of All Platinum Enterprises", 45 RPM, (170 GM); "Have You Had Any Lately?" (S. Robinson), 3:15, Gambi Music BMI; produced… #813 The Last Poets Run, Nigger 1970 · Album · The Last Poets · Douglas # 3 · USA
Notes
Run, Nigger (Last Poets, The)Surprises (Last Poets, The)
Vietnam, demonstrations, Civil Rights, George Wallace etc.
Anti-war, protest.
#814 The Last Poets Surprises 1970 · Album · The Last Poets · Douglas # 3 · USA
Annotation: see “Run, Nigger” above (same release).
#815 Tommy Tate Let Us Be Heard (A Prayer for Peace) 1970 · Single · Let Us Be Heard (A Prayer for Peace) / Peace Is All I Need · Jackson Sound # JS-1005 · USA
Notes
Yellow Jackson Sound label with gramophone-and-sunflower logo, JS-1005, "P.O. Box 1037, Phone 982-4964, Jackson, Miss. 39205"; "Let Us Be Heard (A Prayer… #816 Tommy Tate Peace Is All I Need 1970 · Single · Let Us Be Heard (A Prayer for Peace) / Peace Is All I Need · Jackson Sound # JS-1005 · USA
Annotation: see “Let Us Be Heard (A Prayer for Peace)” above (same release).
#817 Ramsey Lewis The Unsilent Minority 1970 · Album · Them Changes · Cadet # LPS-844 · USA
Credited on the record as Ramsey Lewis & Co..
Notes
Jazz instrumentalNotes
Cadet 5674 (18640), blue label; "Unsilent Minority" (R. Lewis), 3:40, Ramsel Publishing, BMI; arranged by Ramsey Lewis; "Produced by Ramsey Lewis for… #818 The Equals Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys 1970 · Single · Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys / Ain't Got Nothing to Give You · President # PT 325 · UK
Annotation
Notes
Black Skin Blues Eyed Boys (Equals, The) (President # PT 325)Formed 1965, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Composed by Eddy Grant. Civil Rights, peace protest.
1
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
President PT 325, side A (1448 x), 45 RPM, ℗ 1970, Made in England; "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" (E. Grant), 2.50, Grant Music/Ed. Kassner Music; produced… #819 Mark Barkan One World (Part I) 1970 · Single · One World · MGM # K14147 · USA
Notes
Soul, protest, anti-warStop the bombs and tanks, build one world.
Share the land, all members of humanity
Notes
MGM K14147, yellow "Special Disc Jockey Record — Not for Sale" label, "MGM Records — A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. — Made in U.S.A."; "One World"… #820 Mark Barkan One World (Part II) 1970 · Single · One World · MGM # K14147 · USA
Annotation: see “One World (Part I)” above (same release).
#821 Tony Christie God Is on My Side 1970 · Single · God Is on My Side / A Thing Called Love · Kapp # K-2105 · UK
Annotation
Easy Listening artist, born on 25 April 1943 in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, UK. The song "God Is On My Side" - anti-war track. As long as god is on my side I can do what I want, if god is on my side in this war I don't want anything to do with god.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Kapp Records K-2105 (K-12580), white "Plug Side — Radio Station Copy" label, "Kapp Records, a division of MCA Inc., Mfr'd by Kapp Records, N.Y."; "God Is… #822 Raymond Myles Prayer From a Twelve Year Old Boy 1970 · Single · Prayer From a Twelve Year Old Boy / You Made a Man Out of Me, Baby · Kent # 4541 · USA
Notes
Prayer From a 12 Year Old Boy (Myles, Raymond)Soul, child, religion, anti-war
People fighting all over the world
Pray for god to bring peace
Notes
Kent KS 4541, "The Original Blues Label", white promotional label marked "Promotional Not for Sale", stereo, Side 1; "Prayer From a Twelve Year Old Boy"… #823 Ringo Starr Silent Homecoming 1970 · Album · Beaucoups of Blues · Apple # PAS 10002 · UK
Annotation
Born 7 July 1940, Liverpool, Merseyside, United KingdomSilent Homecoming (Starr, Ringo)
Anti-war, protest, K.I.A.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#824 Gene Marshall My Time 1970 · Single · My Time / Raindrops on the Rooftop · Preview # 1813 · USA
Notes
Preview Records, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood; 1813-2; "My Time" (Peter Bobrek), 1:56; Arthur Music A.S.C.A.P. [From the record sleeve and labels] #825 Randy Harris An Eleven Year Old Man 1970 · Single · An Eleven Year Old Man / Visions · United Artists # UA50634 · USA
Notes
United Artists UA50634, "Promotion Copy – Not for Sale", matrix UAST 5750; "An Eleven Year Old Man" (N. Simon, H. Jerome), 3:17, United Artists Music Co.,… #826 Melanie Peace Will Come (According to Plan) 1970 · Single · Peace Will Come (According to Plan) / Close to It All · Buddah # BDA 186 · USA
Notes
Buddah Records BDA 186 (side BDA 186A), mono, psychedelic multicoloured label; "Peace Will Come (According to Plan)" (Melanie Safka), 4:47, Kama… #827 Ed LaVega Color Me Orange 1970 · Single · It's Only a War Mom / Color Me Orange · Go-Roc-Co-Pop # 17201 · USA
Notes
It's Only War Mom (LaVega, Ed)Country, anti-war. Tennessee.
Impact of war on soldier and home.
Mother's son died in Vietnam.
What was the war for?
Why did all…
Notes
Go-Roc-Co-Pop Records, silver-grey labels, stereo, The Voice Inc., P.O. Box 23854, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421; "It's Only War Mom" (Angie Hart and B.J.… #828 Dot Rhodes We Gotta Get Along 1970 · Single · We Gotta Get Along / Warm and Tender Love · Epic # 5-10655 · USA
Notes
We Gotta Get Along (Rhodes, Dot)Country / folk, anti-war, protest.
Mother's crying as children sent to Vietnam
Plea for peace and equality (civil rights)
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Epic 5-10655 (JZSP 152810), 45 RPM, white and pink "Radio Station Copy" label; "We Gotta Get Along" (S. Rhodes - C. Chalmers), 3:13, Rhomers Music, Inc.,… #829 Smokey Roberds 20th Century Man (Our Man Is Coming) 1970 · Single · 20th Century Man (Our Man Is Coming) / I Remember Man · Crazy Horse # 1326 · USA
Notes
20th Century Man (Roberds, Smokey)Pop, anti-war
Too many young are dying in the war
Vietnam-era
Religion content
Notes
Crazy Horse 1326 (S45-73947), stereo, manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc.; "20th Century Man (Our Man Is… #830 Mylon Peace Begins Within 1970 · Single · Contemplation / Peace Begins Within · Cotillion # COT. 44100 · USA
Notes
Aka: Mylon LeFevre Cotillion COT. 44100 (CO-18898 SP), Side 2, orange label, vocal; "Peace Begins Within" (Mylon LeFevre), published by Mylon LeFevre,… #831 Tandyn Almer Degeneration Gap (Long Version) 1970 · Single · Degeneration Gap · Warner Bros. # 7446 · USA
Notes
Degeneration Gap (Almer, Tandyn)Psychedelic rock, protest, Vietnam-era
There's a war - what's it for? To loos is to win?
Ecology, poverty, tax, education.
Bot…
Notes
Warner Bros. Records 7446 (M17362), white "Promotion — Not for Sale" label, Made in U.S.A., in a green Warner Bros. company sleeve; "Degeneration Gap"… #832 Tandyn Almer Degeneration Gap (Short Version) 1970 · Single · Degeneration Gap · Warner Bros. # 7446 · USA
Annotation: see “Degeneration Gap (Long Version)” above (same release).
#833 Jeannie C. Riley The Generation Gap 1970 · Single · The Generation Gap / My Man · Plantation # PL-65 · USA
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Folk pop, 60s cultural changeNotes
Plantation Records PL-65 (711-833), green vinyl with green and yellow label, "A Division of the Shelby Singleton Corp., Nashville, Tenn. U.S.A."; "The… #834 The Friends of Distinction This Generation 1970 · Single · This Generation / Love or Let Me Be Lonely · RCA Victor # 74-0319 · USA
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RCA Victor 74-0319 (XPKS-0459), stereo; "This Generation" (Peay), 3:23, Black Artists Pub., BMI, "from the 'Highly Distinct' album"; producer John Florez;… #835 Barry De Vorzon, Perry Botkin Jr. & Melanie R.P.M. [LP Title] 1970 · Soundtrack · R.P.M. · Bell # BELL 1203 · USA
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To do #836 Franco Trincale Banane e Coca Cola 1970 · Album · Canzoni in piazza! · Not On Label · Italy
#837–851 Freedom Singers Antiimperialistiska Sånger 1970 · Album · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
All 15 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
"Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal" ( "Song of Songs for Gunnar Myrdal" ) - (He opposed Vietnam and chaired the International Commission of Inquiry Into U.S. War Crimes in Indochina)."Vårt Sagoland" - reference to LBJ, Nixon, Spiro.
"Rövarvisan" ( "Robber's Song of Solomon" )
"Bläckfisken" ( "The Octopus" )
"…
#837 A Å Sentab Å Ja #838 Befria Södern #839 CIA-Visan #840 En Liten Quisling #841 Hur Ser Friheten Ut? #842 Richard Dollarhjärta #843 Vårt Sagoland #844 Vi Sår Vårt Ris #845 Visa Om Olof Palme #846 Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal #847 Visan Om Ho Chi Minh #848 Wall Street #849 Bläckfisken #850 Kafferepet #851 Rövarvisan
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#837 Freedom Singers A Å Sentab Å Ja 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Notes
BS 2 A-B, issued by De Förenade FNL-grupperna, Husargatan 13, 411 22 Göteborg; printed by Miletryck AB.The front cover reads "Antiimperialistiska sånger"…
#838 Freedom Singers Befria Södern 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation
"Brevet från Lyndon" ("Letter From Lyndon") - on album above, but different version"Befria Södern!" (Liberate the South) - on album above, but different version
"Vi sår vårt ris" ( "We Wound Our Rice" )
"Visan Om Ho Chi Minh" ( "Visan Om Ho Chi Minh" )
"Wall Street"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
BS 2 A-B, issued by De Förenade FNL-grupperna, Husargatan 13, 411 22 Göteborg; printed by Miletryck AB.The front cover reads "Antiimperialistiska sånger"…
#839 Freedom Singers CIA-Visan 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Befria Södern” above (same release).
#840 Freedom Singers En Liten Quisling 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Befria Södern” above (same release).
#841 Freedom Singers Hur Ser Friheten Ut? 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Befria Södern” above (same release).
#842 Freedom Singers Richard Dollarhjärta 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Befria Södern” above (same release).
#843 Freedom Singers Vårt Sagoland 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Befria Södern” above (same release).
#844 Freedom Singers Vi Sår Vårt Ris 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Befria Södern” above (same release).
#845 Freedom Singers Visa Om Olof Palme 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Befria Södern” above (same release).
#846 Freedom Singers Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation
"Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal" ( "Song of Songs for Gunnar Myrdal" ) - (He opposed Vietnam and chaired the International Commission of Inquiry Into U.S. War Crimes in Indochina)."Vårt Sagoland" - reference to LBJ, Nixon, Spiro.
"Rövarvisan" ( "Robber's Song of Solomon" )
"Bläckfisken" ( "The Octopus" )
"…
Notes
BS 2 A-B, issued by De Förenade FNL-grupperna, Husargatan 13, 411 22 Göteborg; printed by Miletryck AB.The front cover reads "Antiimperialistiska sånger"…
#847 Freedom Singers Visan Om Ho Chi Minh 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal” above (same release).
#848 Freedom Singers Wall Street 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal” above (same release).
#849 Freedom Singers Bläckfisken 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal” above (same release).
#850 Freedom Singers Kafferepet 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal” above (same release).
#851 Freedom Singers Rövarvisan 1970 · Album · Antiimperialistiska Sånger · Befria # BS 2 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Visan Om Gunnar Myrdal” above (same release).
#852 Gruppo Euanghelion Vento del Viet-Nam [Wind of Viet-Nam] 1970 · Album · Ora è appena l'alba · Edizioni Paoline # SI 30.5 · Italy
Notes
Wind of Viet-Nam (Euanghelion Group) EnglishProgressive rock
#853 Mike Thomas The Last Ballad for Vietnam 1970 · Single · The Last Ballad for Vietnam / Please Leave Me Alone · Tin Pan Alley # TPA 70-660 · USA
Notes
Tin Pan Alley Records TPA 70-660A, light-blue label; "The Last Ballad for Vietnam" (David Webster), 3:06, Juke Box Alley, ASCAP; Mike Thomas; Tin Pan… #854 Gary Reinke This War's Over and Done 1970 · Single · This War's Over and Done / Being Carried Away (By the River Today) · Universal Audio # UA-691-55730 · USA
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This War's Over and Done (Reinke, Gary)Country, soldier's perspective. Winona, Minnesota.
Misses family and sweetheart. War is over, so heading home.
But…
Notes
UA Recording (universal audio recording), Winona, Minn., UA-691-55730 A; "This War's Over and Done" (Gary Reinke), 3:00, © 1970 Symposium Music Assoc.,… #855 Bobby Zehm Johnny's Not a Toy Soldier 1970 · Single · Johnny's Not a Toy Soldier / You Give Me a Reason · Z # 11651-BZ · USA
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Johnny's Not a Toy Soldier (Zehm, Bobby)Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Country. Early 1970s.
Johnny not a toy soldier, not a game
He is in Hanoi fighting.
Paris…
Notes
Z Record Company, Poplar Bluff, Mo., No. 11651-BZ (9992), A side, blue label; "Johnny's Not a Toy Soldier" (Robert Zehm), Glaser Publications, BMI, time… #856 Freddy Weller Listen to the Young Folks (Mono) 1970 · Single · Listen to the Young Folks · Columbia # 4-45138 · USA
Notes
Listen to the Young Folk (Weller, Freddy)Country
Nothing wrong with flag waving and being patriotic
But remember that the young have a right to protest
They…
Notes
Columbia 4S-45138, "Not for Resale – Radio Station Copy", stereo version side, matrix JZSS 152195; "Listen to the Young Folks" (F. Weller), intro :13,… #857 Freddy Weller Listen to the Young Folks (Stereo) 1970 · Single · Listen to the Young Folks · Columbia # 4-45138 · USA
Annotation: see “Listen to the Young Folks (Mono)” above (same release).
#858 Glenn Reifsteck The Washington Clowns 1970 · Single · Washington Clowns / Trouble U.S.A. · Continental # 006 (7550) · USA
Notes
Country, anti-war, anti-government, anti-protestA-side: what happened to law and order
Govt sent boys to war, thousands dead - what for?
Bring them home
Would…
Notes
Continental Records 006, Continental Records, 110 Glenrose Ave., Nashville, Tenn.; Side 1 "Washington Clowns" (Glenn Reifsteck), 2:12 (7550); Side 2… #859 Glenn Reifsteck The Trouble U.S.A. 1970 · Single · Washington Clowns / Trouble U.S.A. · Continental # 006 (7550) · USA
Annotation: see “The Washington Clowns” above (same release).
#860 Gary Edenfield Christmas Peace 1970 · Single · Christmas Peace / The Happiest Time of the Year · Jim-Jack # JJ 70-01 · USA
Notes
"Christmas Peace" Notes
Jim-Jack Records JJ 70-01-A (turquoise label); "Christmas Peace" (Jack Hennessey, Jim Freund), Hennessey & Friend, ASCAP; arrangement by G. Edenfield.… #861 Jack Spurlin Soldiers Prayer 1970 · Single · Soldiers Prayer / Send Me Back to Viet Nam · Hillbilly Heaven # 45-4703 · USA
Notes
Country, released in Lorton, Virginia.- A-side: soldier's perspective, leans anti-war, killed in action
- Fighting for the red, white, and blue
- But why…
#862 Ron Coden Peaceful Man 1970 · Single · Peaceful Man / Few Short Letters · King # 45-6338 · USA
Notes
- folk rock, Nashville, Tennessee- Vietnam-era generic peace song
- King 45-6338 (K-13784), white "Promotional" label, "Distributed by Starday-King…
#863 Master's Children Watch the Children and Give a Damn 1970 · Single · Watch the Children and Give a Damn / The Soul of Young America · T-A # 198 · USA
Notes
- Generic protest for a better world- Generation gap, both sides
- Soul, Vietnam-era
- T-A 198, white "Promotion Copy" label, mono, "Dist. by Bell Records,…
#864 Master's Children The Soul of Young America 1970 · Single · Watch the Children and Give a Damn / The Soul of Young America · T-A # 198 · USA
Annotation: see “Watch the Children and Give a Damn” above (same release).
#865 The Reflections Get Your Mind Together 1970 · Single · Get Your Mind Together / Peace, Love Or War · Renfro # 32 · USA
Notes
- Soul, protest, anti-war- A-side - need more love
- B-side - in America peace is a dream
- Credits: Arranged by Ronald Rogers; Producer Anthony C. Renfro;…
#866 The Reflections Peace, Love or War 1970 · Single · Get Your Mind Together / Peace, Love Or War · Renfro # 32 · USA
Notes
- Soul, protest, anti-war- A-side - need more love
- B-side - in America peace is a dream
- B-side. Producer Anthony C. Renfro; arranged by Ronald Rogers.…
#867 Ronnie Adkins A Soldier's Letter 1970 · Single · A Soldier's Letter / John Kennedy President · Jon-Ark # 3170 · USA
Notes
- Country, soldier's perspective, peace- I miss you darling, heart of bleeding
- All my bodies are dying
- God please end this war
- From a soldier in…
#868 オッコ [Okko] 戦いに散ったいのち [Lives Lost in Battle] 1970 · Single · 戦いに散ったいのち / へんね [Lives Lost in Battle] · King [Tokyo] # BS-1209 · Japan
Credited on the record as オッコ.
Notes
A. A young life lost in war, "never to return to his mother's breast" — Vietnam is named in the writer's sleeve note #869 David Bowie Running Gun Blues 1970 · Album · The Man Who Sold The World · Mercury # 6338 041 · UK
#870 Ruth Warrick 41,000 Plus 4 (The Ballad of the Kent State Massacre) 1970 · Single · Ruth Warrick Enterprises # 146568 · USA
Annotation
The song "41,000 Plus 4 (The Ballad of the Kent State Massacre)" by Ruth Warrick took a strong anti-war position, attacking the US Congress and the president. She referenced the the Kent State shootings, Jackson State killings, and the Augusta, Georgia race riot. The title referred to the…Notes
Ruth Warrick Enterprises #146568A, cream label printed in blue, Side 1, time 4:34, headed "PEACE", "41,000 Plus 4 – The Ballad of the Kent State… #871 Memphis Slim Chicago Seven 1970 · Single · Chicago Seven / Boogie Woogie 1-9-7-0 · Warner Bros. # 7500 · USA
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The song "Chicago Seven" (Warner Bros. Records # 7500) by Memphis Slim (born Pete Chapman) - a highly regarded blues piano player from Memphis, Tennessee (1915-1988), who moved to Chicago in the late 1930s - dealt with political protest during the Vietnam War and Civil Rights. It appeared…Notes
Warner Bros. Records 7500 (NA19565)S, white "Promotion – not for sale" label; "Chicago Seven" (Memphis Slim), 3:49; WB Music Corp. – ASCAP; produced by… #872 Swan Mellarks Dr. Martin Luther King 1970 · Single · Dr. Martin Luther King / Hard Times (Are Here Again) · Valberst # TM 4739 · USA
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Swan Mellarks, blues group based in Chicago, Illinois, released a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., following the assassination - thus from 1968, but there is no date on the record. In the song "Dr. Martin Luther King" (Valberst Records # TM 4739) the narrator noted the "interest he had… Notes
Valberst Records, Chicago, Ill., TM-4739, green label; "Dr. Martin Luther King" (Thomas L.), 4:15, BMI; T. Little Prod.; arranged by T. Loveless and G.… #873 The Critics Group, Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger Ballad of Ho Chi Mihn 1970 · Album · Living Folk · Albatros # VPA 8093 · UK
#874 Pierson Lake People Are Dying (And We Say We Care) 1970 · Single · People Are Dying (And We Say We Care) / Feel So Good ('Cause I'm in Love) · Sound 80 # S80-24-1373 · USA
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People Are Dying (And We Say We Care) (Lake, Pierson)Soul / funk, anti-war. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Sick of all this killing. Lets get minds together…
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Sound 80, 4444 West 76th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435, S80-24-1373 A, stereo, © 1970; "People Are Dying (And We Say We Care)" (Herb Parker Jr.),… #875 Beadfreak Eve of Destruction 1970 · Single · Eve of Destruction / Crazy Motocycle Freak · Rotten Rat # 45-R-1001 - 2 · USA
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Rotten Rat Records 45-R-1001, black label with a rat-on-motorcycle logo; "Eve of Destruction" (P. F. Sloan), 3:25, Trousdale Music Publishers, Inc., BMI;… #876 Anette Alice's restaurant 1970 · Single · Alice's restaurant / Hvem er forelsket? Godt set! · Triola # TD 398 · Denmark
#877 Hasse Nordlunds Alice's restaurant 1970 · Single · euphonic # ES 016 · Sweden
#878 Living Strings Alice's Restaurant 1970 · Album · Visit Alice's Restaurant · RCA Victor # CAS-2395 · USA
#879 The Jay Boys Cambodia Version 1970 · Single · Cambodia · Harry J # HJ 1856 · Jamaica
#880 Mr. Flood's Party Compared to What 1970 · Single · Compared to What / Unbreakable Toy · GM # 714 · USA
#881 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Find The Cost Of Freedom 1970 · Live · 4 Way Street [Disc 2] [Live] · Atlantic # SD 2-902 · USA
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The pictured disc is the Atlantic 45 rpm single 45-2740, red and black label, Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.: "Ohio"… #882 Lee Hazelwood and Suzi Jane Hokom For a Day Like Today 1970 · Album · Cowboy in Sweden · LHI # LHI 3101 · USA
#883 The People's Victory Orchestra Goodbye to the War; Goodbye to the Violets 1970 · Weltschmerzen · The People's Music Works # PMW-1 · USA
#884–904 Various Artists Woodstock 1970 · Soundtrack · Cotillion # SD3-500 · USA
All 3 songs from this soundtrack in the archive are in this collection
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The Woodstock Music & Art Fair billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", regarded as a great music event with many references to Civil Rights and Vietnam, such as from Richie Havens, Country Joe McDonald and concluding with Jimi Hendrix's version of "Star Spangled… #884 The 'Fish' Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag #896 Star Spangled Banner / Purple Haze & Instrumental Solo #904 Volunteers
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#884 Country Joe McDonald The 'Fish' Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag 1970 · Soundtrack · Woodstock · Cotillion # SD3-500 · USA
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Live recording from Country Joe McDonald's solo set at the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Bethel, New York, August 1969; side B1 of the 3-LP soundtrack… #896 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Star Spangled Banner / Purple Haze & Instrumental Solo 1970 · Soundtrack · Woodstock · Cotillion # SD3-500 · USA
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The Woodstock Music & Art Fair billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", regarded as a great music event with many references to Civil Rights and Vietnam, such as from Richie Havens, Country Joe McDonald and concluding with Jimi Hendrix's version of "Star Spangled… #904 Jefferson Airplane Volunteers 1970 · Soundtrack · Woodstock · Cotillion # SD3-500 · USA
#888 Gene Cotton Little Play Soldiers 1970 · Single · Little Play Soldiers / Rhymes and Reasons · Impact [Nashville] # HW 5098 · USA
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Little Play Soldiers (Cotton, Gene) Cover of Marty Cooper song
Traditional pop, soldier's perspective, anti-war
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Impact HW 5098 (7621), "A Division of Heart Warming Records", red label, 45 RPM; "Little Play Soldiers" (Cooper—Martin-Cooper—ASCAP), 3:17; produced by… #889 Rochelle Rosenthal and the Kickball Queen Lottery 1970 · Single · You Don't Know / Lottery · Super Bolt # 33170 · USA
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Lottery (Rosenthal, Rochelle and the Kickball Queen)Anti-war, draft.
Garage rock, Detroit, Michigan.
#890 Five Man Cargo Military Madness 1970 · Single · Military Madness / If a Song Is Enough · Bulldog · Canada
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Bulldog Records white label marked "Promotional Copy", 45 RPM stereo, no catalogue number printed; "Military Madness" (G. Nash), 3:15, Giving Room Music… #891 Third Condition Monday in May (A May Day of Hell) 1970 · Single · Sundi # SR-6815 · USA
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original promo copy under the title Monday in May (A May Day of Hell) - title then changed to "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" Sundi Records… #892 Matt McKinney Ballad of My Lai 1970 · Single · Ballad of My Lai / Hungry Road · Danrite # DR-115 · USA
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Released in 1970, the country song "Ballad of My Lai" (Danrite Records # DR-115), released on a Dallas, Texas based label. Composed by Thurman McKinney and Donald Peck, produced by Chas Wright. The narrator blamed the massacre of women and children on the politicians and military, not on… Notes
Danrite Records DR-115 (SON 93751); "Ballad of My Lai" (Thurman McKinney – Donald Peck), time 3:30, "Mod Country"; Danrite Music BMI; producer Chas.… #893 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Ohio 1970 · Live · 4 Way Street [Disc 2] [Live] · Atlantic # SD 2-902 · USA
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The pictured disc is the Atlantic 45 rpm single 45-2740, red and black label, Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.: "Ohio"… #894 Gläns Över Sjö Och Strand Ohio 4 Maj 1970 1970 · Album · Är Du Lönsam Lille Vän · MNW # 13P · Sweden
#895 Gwen & Jerry Collins One Tin Soldier 1970 · Single · One Tin Soldier / We've Gotta Give · Capitol # 2835 · USA
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Capitol 2835 (S45-74418), stereo, red and orange target label; "One Tin Soldier" (D. Lambert-B. Potter), 2:28, Cents and Pence Musique Company, BMI;… #897 Fresh Stoned in Saigon 1970 · Single · Stoned in Saigon / Just a Note · RCA Victor # RCA 2003 · UK
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RCA Victor RCA 2003 (Z2PW 9652), orange label with large "A", marked "Demonstration Sample Not For Sale", ℗ 1970; "Stoned in Saigon" (Ray Singer/Simon… #898 Jay & The Americans Tricia (Tell Your Daddy) 1970 · Single · Tricia (Tell Your Daddy) / Do I Love You · United Artists # 50683 · USA
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United Artists SUA 50683 (UAST 5005), black and orange label; "Tricia (Tell Your Daddy)" (J. Barry - M. Kupersmith), Unart Music Corporation / New Life… #899 Chris Morgan Troublemaker 1970 · Single · Troublemaker / Street of Dirt · Bell # 851 · USA
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Bell B-851, white promotional label ("Promotional Copy - Not for Sale", "Promotion Copy"); "Troublemaker" (B. Belland - D. Summerville), Landville Music… #900 Beryl Middleton Two Little Boys 1970 · Single · Two Little Boys / An Occasional Man · Walters # RI2965 · UK
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A Walters Production RI2965A, stereo, side A, teal label printed in silver, Walters Production, 5031 Conn. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C., telephone… #901 Garry Sherman Viet Nam Cantata Soldiers Recite 1970 · Single · Viet Nam Cantata Peace Lovin' Man / Viet Nam Cantata Soldiers Recite · Buddah # BDA 198 · USA
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Buddah Records BDA 198, multicoloured promotional label marked "Not for sale", both sides headed "Viet Nam Cantata" with "Music: Garry Sherman, Paintings:… #902 Y Triban Vietnam 1970 · EP · Y Triban · Cambrian # CEP 472 · UK
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Vietnam (Y Triban)Notes
Cambrian EP CEP 472, ℗ 1970, yellow labels, "Extended Play 45 rpm"; Side Two: (a) Helo Heulwen (b) Vietnam, by Y Triban; sleeve lists Y Moustash, Tren i… #903 Albatross Viet-Nam War 1970 · Single · I Am Dead / Viet-Nam War · Alpenton # HH 70-8-11 · Austria
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Psychedelic Rock group formed in 1970, in Schladming, Steiermark, Austria. Disbanded in 1973. They released the obscure and collectable song "Viet-Nam War" (Alpenton Studio # HH 70-8-11), which is largely instrumental, apart from a few lines repeated: "going to Vietnam / love me right" .Ann…
#905 The Temptations War 1970 · Album · Psychedelic Shack · Gordy # GS947 · USA
#906 T.P. and the Indians Ally or Enemy 1970 · Single · Goodbye Good Times / Ally or Enemy · Dellwood # 3239 · USA
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Dellwood Records 3239 AA, yellow label, "saddle brook, n.j. (201) 843-3239"; "Ally or Enemy" (Stepo-Carpenter), 2:15, Dellwood Pub. ASCAP; T.P. and the… #907 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam 1970 · Album · Black Forum # BF-451 · USA
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Artist background
Martin Luther King, Jr., born in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 January 1929, took a leading role in the 1960s Civil Rights movement, receiving a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for promoting non-violence to fight racial inequality. He delivered his most famous speech, "I Have a Dream"…Notes
Black Forum BF-451, side 1 H-1716 (Z4RM-2643), 18:46, side 2 H-1717 (Z4RM-2644), 23:12, both "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam" (Dr. M. L. King, Jr.);… #908–916 Daniel Berrigan America Is Hard to Find 1970 · Album · Multi-Trax · USA
All 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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#908 Daniel Berrigan False Gods, Real Men 1970 · Album · America Is Hard to Find · Multi-Trax · USA
#914 Daniel Berrigan Trial Poems 1 1970 · Album · America Is Hard to Find · Multi-Trax · USA
#915 Daniel Berrigan Trial Poems 2 1970 · Album · America Is Hard to Find · Multi-Trax · USA
#916 Daniel Berrigan Untitled 1970 · Album · America Is Hard to Find · Multi-Trax · USA
#909–912 John Hostetter, Allan Sorvall, David Turner America Is Hard to Find 1970 · Album · Multi-Trax · USA
All 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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#909 John Hostetter, Allan Sorvall, David Turner Rock Mass: Credo 1970 · Album · America Is Hard to Find · Multi-Trax · USA
#910 John Hostetter, Allan Sorvall, David Turner Rock Mass: Gloria 1970 · Album · America Is Hard to Find · Multi-Trax · USA
#911 John Hostetter, Allan Sorvall, David Turner Rock Mass: Kyrie 1970 · Album · America Is Hard to Find · Multi-Trax · USA
#912 John Hostetter, Allan Sorvall, David Turner Rock Mass: Sanctus 1970 · Album · America Is Hard to Find · Multi-Trax · USA
#913 Jack Spurlin Send Me Back to Viet Nam 1970 · Single · Soldiers Prayer / Send Me Back to Viet Nam · Hillbilly Heaven # 45-4703 · USA
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Hillbilly Heaven Records #45-4703 (PRP 20382), yellow label with drawings of a hillbilly with rifle and a girl on a fence; "Send Me Back to Viet Nam" (J.… #917 The Assembled Multitude Woodstock 1970 · Single · Atlantic # AT 2764 · USA
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Atlantic 45-2764, issued as a "Plug Side" promotional single in both mono (A-19862-PL) and stereo (ST-A-19862-PL) label versions; "Woodstock" (Joni… #918 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Woodstock 1970 · Single · Woodstock / Helpless · Atlantic # 45-2723 · USA
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Atlantic 45-2723 (A-18449-MO), 45 RPM, vocal, red and black label; "Woodstock" (Joni Mitchell), 3:52, Pub. Siquomb Music, BMI; produced by Crosby, Stills,… #919 Joni Mitchell Woodstock 1970 · Single · Big Yellow Taxi / Woodstock · Reprise # 906 · Canada
#920 Kurt Demmler Ho Chi Minh 1970 · Album · 1. Festival des politischen Liedes. Song '70 · ETERNA # 8 15 053 · Germany
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Kurt Demmler - Ho Chi Minh (Demmler, Kurt)German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Recording of the opening and closing program of the Festival of Political Song…
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ETERNA 8 15 053 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP; recordings of the opening and closing programmes of the 1. Festival des politischen… #921 Branded X Society and Me 1970 · Single · Society and Me / Tribute to Uncle Sam · Lauren # L-2516 · USA
#922 Branded X Tribute to Uncle Sam 1970 · Single · Society and Me / Tribute to Uncle Sam · Lauren # L-2516 · USA
#923 Khánh Ly 雨に消えたあなた [Diễm xưa] 1970 · Single · 雨に消えたあなた / ユエの子守歌 [Diễm xưa / Ca dao mẹ] · Denon # CD-98 · Japan
Credited on the record as カーン・リー.
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This release (Denon Records # CD-98) is actually by a well-known Vietnamese artist, Khánh Ly (also known as カーン・リー in Japanese), born on 6 March 1945, Hà Nội, Vietnam, which included two classic songs, both composed by Trịnh Công Sơn, a prominent Vietnamese songwriter (born 28 February… #924 Khánh Ly ユエの子守歌 [Ca dao mẹ] 1970 · Single · 雨に消えたあなた / ユエの子守歌 [Diễm xưa / Ca dao mẹ] · Denon # CD-98 · Japan
Credited on the record as カーン・リー.
#925 Armando Tejada Gómez Informe en las tinieblas del último "marine" en Vietnam 1970 · Album · Poeta de la legua · Qualiton # QH 2004 · Argentina
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Argentinian poet Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, often associated with the new song movement in South America, released this LP in Uruguay in 1970, with the track "Informe en las tinieblas del ultimo… Notes
Track A11, written and read by Tejada Gómez. Recorded in Buenos Aires (FONEMA), pressed in Uruguay (Hemisferio, Montevideo); also listed as Macondo GAM… #926–931 Leoncarlo Settimelli Ogni giorno in piazza 1970 · Album · Cedi # GLP81024 · Italy
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Italy - "I Vietnamiti son Piccolini" (cover of Cuban artist Carlos Puebla)1Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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#926 Leoncarlo Settimelli I Vietnamiti Son Piccolini 1970 · Album · Ogni giorno in piazza · Cedi # GLP81024 · Italy
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Italy - "I Vietnamiti son Piccolini" (cover of Cuban artist Carlos Puebla)1Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Sides labelled Parte I / Parte II. A3 features a 'free' intervention by Mario Schiano (saxophone). B3 based on a Greek folk tune. Style: Political. 'The… #930 Leoncarlo Settimelli Davanti alla polizia 1970 · Album · Ogni giorno in piazza · Cedi # GLP81024 · Italy
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Track B6, the last on the LP; its opening line "Ogni giorno in piazza" gives the record its title. Written 1968. Sides labelled Parte I / Parte II; A4 is… #931 Leoncarlo Settimelli Siamo al guinzaglio del capitale 1970 · Album · Ogni giorno in piazza · Cedi # GLP81024 · Italy
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Track A3 (Parte I), with a "free" saxophone intervention by Mario Schiano; a Canzoniere Pisano song of 1969 (credited on the LP to Bozzi and Nissim), not… #927 Mies Bouhuys, A. L. Constandse, A. de Swaan, Wim Hazeu, Simon Vinkenoog, Godfried van Benthem van den Bergh, James Holmes & Maarten van Dullemen Schrijvers voor Vietnam, kant 1 1970 · Live · Schrijvers voor Vietnam · Van Gennep / De Bezige Bij # SVV 15570 · Netherlands
Credited on the record as Mies Bouhuys, A. L. Constandse, A. de Swaan, Wim Hazeu, Simon Vinkenoog, Godfried van Benthem van den Bergh, James Holmes, Maarten van Dullemen.
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Dutch, Netherland. Spoken word, anti-war, peace.
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Van Gennep / De Bezige Bij SVV 15570, LP 33 rpm, f 10.-: fragments of the evening "Schrijvers voor Vietnam" held on 15 May 1970 at Frascati, Amsterdam, in… #928 Han Lammers, Remco Campert, Harry Mulisch, Cees Nooteboom & Ton Regtien Schrijvers voor Vietnam, kant 2 1970 · Live · Schrijvers voor Vietnam · Van Gennep / De Bezige Bij # SVV 15570 · Netherlands
Credited on the record as Han Lammers, Remco Campert, Harry Mulisch, Cees Nooteboom, Ton Regtien.
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Van Gennep / De Bezige Bij SVV 15570, LP 33 rpm, f 10.-: fragments of the evening "Schrijvers voor Vietnam" held on 15 May 1970 at Frascati, Amsterdam, in… #929 Anna Casalino Noi siamo 1970 · Single · Dialogo tra due elettori al disopra di ogni sospetto / Noi siamo · Partito Socialista Italiano # PSI 1 · Italy
Credited on the record as Anna Casalino con Orchestra di Bruno Canfora.
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B-side of a Partito Socialista Italiano propaganda 45 for the regional elections of 7 June 1970, produced by the party's Sezione Stampa e Propaganda; the… #932 La Lupe No matarás 1970 · Album · That Genius Called the Queen... (Ese genio llamado La Reina) · Tico # SLP 1212 · USA
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Born 23 December 1936, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Died 29 February 1992, New York, NY, United States Bolero, Cuban Music “No Matarás” reflects the public turn in opinion towards the war and the times. Her passion is showcased in this tune, especially when she sings of the…
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Track A2, printed "No Mataras" ("Thou Shalt Not Kill"); arranged by Joe Cain. Stereo SLP 1212; mono LP 1212. #933 Lázaro Martínez A la guerra ya me llevan 1970 · Album · Promesa a la virgen de San Juan / Ala guerra ya me llevan · Buena Suerte # BS-1012 · USA
Credited on the record as La Zaro And The Dominant's.
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Buena Suerte Records BS-1012 (P.O. Box 3725, Temple, Texas; "A J.T.J. Production"), pressed by Houston Records; side B, track 4, listed "Ala Guerra Ya Me… #935 Bruce Springsteen Where Was Jesus in Ohio 1970 · Unreleased · Unreleased (live, The String Factory, Richmond, VA, June 1970) · Not On Label # none · USA
Credited on the record as Bruce Springsteen (with Steel Mill).
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Written in May or early June 1970 in response to the Kent State shootings of 4 May 1970. Sung solo on acoustic guitar during a Steel Mill set at The… #936 Dick Gregory Tricks: Black Power; Money; Chicago Trial; Panthers 1970 · Live · Dick Gregory's Frankenstein · Poppy # PYS-60004 · USA
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Artist background
Dick Gregory - an American comedian and social activist, who in 1968 ran for president for the Freedom and Peace Party. He was born 12 October 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and died 19 August 2017 in Washington, DC, USA.12 He released a bunch of political comedy and…Notes
2LP gatefold recorded at Bronx Community College; producer Kevin Eggers. #937 Myles Jackson Antiwar Demonstration 1970 · Album · Loyalties: Whose Side Are You On? · Scholastic # FS 12004 · USA
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Documentary record, with the track "Antiwar Demonstration" (Scholastic Records # FS 12004) - field recordings and interviews from Chicago, as protesters hand in their draft cards - possibly during the 1968 demonstration, but unknown. Contains religious sentiment. Back of the sleeve said…
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Scholastic Records documentary LP. Tracks: General Introduction / Street Gang / Antiwar Demonstration / Viet Nam Veterans / Frank Garcia / Rachael Ortiz. #938 Tom Laughon The National Lottery Blues 1970 · Single · The National Lottery Blues / The B Side · Cartwheel # CWS-32-16D · USA
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The National Lottery BluesContemporary folk, novelty
Anti-draft - I don't want to go, to die
If I get back from Vietnam I suggest we draft the politicians
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Cartwheel Recordings; Poperee Music, BMI.Label: CWS-32-16D; written by Tom Laughon; intro 0:03, side 1 2:10; Poperee Music, BMI; (6964); Cartwheel…
#939 Dick Gregory Live at the Village Gate 1970 · Album · Live at The Village Gate · Poppy # PYS 40,011 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #940 Bill Haymes Are You Bombing With Me, Jesus 1970 · Album · I Shall Be Released · Resist # BH-101 · USA
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Are You Bombing With Me, Jesus (Haymes, Bill) Composed by Shurli Grant. Appeared in Broadside #98 Unreleased by Grant [From Justin A. Brummer notes from… #941 Ray Stevens America, Communicate With Me 1970 · Single · America, Communicate With Me / Monkey See, Monkey Do · Barnaby # ZS7 2016 · USA
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Country pop / rock Stuck in between extremes, politics and war, no reason. Not everything is left and right, black and white Reference to protests,… #942 Frijid Pink Sing a Song for Freedom 1970 · Single · Parrot # PRT 349 · USA
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Blue rock, generic Vietnam-era protest [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]1971
- 30 January: Operation Lam Son - Laos incursion
- 29 March: Lt. Calley found guilty of My Lai murders
- 29 April: US death toll in Vietnam reaches 45,000
- May: Gallup reports 68% support for withdrawal from Vietnam
- 13 June: New York Times publishes Pentagon Papers
- 15 June: Nixon takes legal action against the NYT
- 18 June: Washington Post starts publishing Pentagon Papers
- 30 June: Supreme Court votes 6-3 in favour of NYT and WP
- 15 July: Nixon announces that he will visit China
- 17 July: Nixon established 'Plumbers' unit to stop leaks
- 18 August: Australia and New Zealand announce withdrawal from Vietnam
- 22 September: Captain Medina acquitted over My Lai massacre
- 31 December: US troop numbers drop to 156,000
1971
#943 Joe Bataan Cry 1971 · Single · Cry / If I Were King · Fania # 611 · USA
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The song "Cry" (Fania Records # SLP 407) looked at a soldier whose girlfriend left him while fighting in Vietnam. Sung by Joe Bataan, a Latin Soul artist from New York. This album version was 7 minutes long. A shorter 3.50 minute version featured on the 1971 single Cry (Fania Records #… #944 Black Sabbath War Pigs 1971 · Album · Paranoid · Vertigo # 6360 011 · UK
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Also on this album is the well-known and popular anti-war song "War Pigs" which criticised the "generals...the war machines...the politicians" , that "started the war" . It noted the destruction left behind: "in the fields, the bodies burning.... death and hatred to mankind" . It also… #945 Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship A Child Is Coming 1971 · Album · Blows Against the Empire · RCA Victor # LSP 4448 · USA
Annotation: see “War Pigs” above (same release).
#946 Charlie Haden Circus '68 '69 1971 · Album · Liberation Music Orchestra · Impulse! # AS-9183 · USA
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Experimental jazz artists, born on 6 August 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa, USA, and died on 11 July 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA, released this anti-war record. In the linear notes of the record, Haden said that the composition "Circus '68 '69" (Impulse! # AS-9183) was related to the… #947 Allen Ginsberg Songs of Innocence and Experience 1971 · Album · Verve Forecast # FTS 3083 · USA
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Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, born 3 June 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, USA, died 5 April 1997 in New York, New York, USA, was in attendance at the Chicago '68 demonstrations, reportedly inspired to complete this album, according to producer Pat Thomas12Sources
#948 Warm Dust Blood of My Fathers 1971 · Album · Peace for Our Time · Trend # 6480 001 · UK
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British Vietnam-era anti-war albumFormed
1970, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Disbanded
1972
#949 Buffy Sainte-Marie Moratorium (Bring Our Brothers Home) 1971 · Single · Soldier Blue / Moratorium (Bring Our Brothers Home) · RCA Victor # RCA 2081 · USA
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The song "Moratorium (Bring Our Brother Home)" (RCA Victor # 2081) from the album "She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina" told the story of soldiers returning from Vietnam to the US and being dismayed by the protest movement. But, Buffy Saint-Marie argued that they protested against the war…Notes
Since the early 1960s, Sainte-Marie claimed to have been born on the Piapot Cree First Nations Reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada, and… #950 James Stein Written in the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg) 1971 · Single · Written in the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg) / And Search Your Soul · Diogenes # DRS-101 · USA
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Obscure singer/songwriter James Stein released the song "Written on the Mind of Man (Song for Daniel Ellsberg" (Diogenes Productions # DRS-101) - no further biographical details known about this artist, or location of the recording. The lyrics looked at the government position: "the… Notes
Blue Diogenes Productions label DRS-101, Side A; "Written in the Mind of Man (song for Daniel Ellsberg)" (James Stein), 2:49, ASCAP, ℗ 1971 Colgems;… #951 Country Joe & The Fish Tricky Dicky 1971 · EP · Resist! Sings Country Joe · Rag Baby # RAG 1003 · USA
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This limited edition EP, circulated with the magazine Rag Baby, contained a couple Vietnam-related tracks. The song "Tricky Dick" , which portrayed Nixon as an artificial man, or robot, criticised his role in the economy and the ongoing Vietnam War: "the war keeps going on and on" . The song… #952 Country Joe & The Fish Kiss My Ass 1971 · EP · Resist! Sings Country Joe · Rag Baby # RAG 1003 · USA
Annotation: see “Tricky Dicky” above (same release).
#953 Grand Funk Railroad People Lets Stop the War 1971 · Single · People, Let's Stop the War / Save the Land · Capitol # CL 15705 · USA
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Grand Funk Railroad (GFR), an American hard rock band that formed in Flint, Michigan in 1968 by Mark Farner (guitar, vocals) and Don Brewer (drums, vocals) - both of who were born in Flint and members of the short lived Flint garage rock band Terry Knight & The Pack (1965-1967).1 A former… Notes
Capitol 3217 (S45-77477), stereo, "Mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc., U.S.A."; "People, Let's Stop the War" (Mark… #954 MC5 Over and Over 1971 · Album · High Time · Atlantic # SD 8285 · USA
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MC5 (Motor City Five) took their name from Detroit, Michigan. They formed in the city in 1963. The line-up for this album featured Wayne Kramer (from Detroit - guitar, vocals), Michael Davis (from Detroit - bass, vocals), Dennis Thompson (from Detroit - drums, vocals), and Fred "Sonic"… #955 Birth Control The Work Is Done 1971 · Album · Operation · Ohr # OMM 56015 · Germany
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Birth Control, a German progressive rock band formed in 1968 in West Berlin, released the song "The Work Is Done" narrated in the first person, which focused on the indiscriminate killing of a child in Vietnam: "I just killed a child, you know down in Vietnam" . Due to the theme and time… #956 Gene Stridel What Do You Win When You Win a War 1971 · Single · What Do You Win When You Win a War / Pax · Mercede # JM 3002 · USA
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Gene Stridel released the anti-war song "What Do You Win When You Win a War" (Mercede Records # JM 3002). He featured in the New York-based 1940s group The Striders (under the name "Eugene Strider").1 He died in 1973. The label, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida took its name from its… Notes
Mercede JM 3002, white label with palm-tree motif, The Mercede Building, Fort Lauderdale, Sunny Florida, U.S.A.; "What Do You Win When You Win a War",… #957 Graham Nash Chicago 1971 · Single · Chicago / Simple Man · Atlantic # 11 017 · UK
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The song "Chicago" (Atlantic # 10 017), probably the most well-known of the tracks about the 1968 demonstrations outside the Democratic Nation Convention in Chicago, and the subsequent trial of the Chicago Seven / Eight. Released by singer/songwriter Graham Nash, born 2 February 1942 in… Notes
Atlantic 45-2804 (A-21949 SP), side A, 45 R.P.M., vocal, red and black label; "Chicago" (Graham Nash), 2:55; Pub. Giving Room Music, BMI; produced by… #958 Neil Young Ohio 1971 · Live · Live At Massey Hall 1971 · Reprise # 9362-43328-2 · USA
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Super-group, formed in 1969 in Bethel, New York, USA, featuring David Crosby (vocals, guitar), Stephen Stills (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass), Graham Nash (vocals, guitar, keyboards), and Neil Young (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica). As a group, their most famous Vietnam… #959 David Crosby What Are Their Names 1971 · Album · If I Could Only Remember My Name.... · Atlantic # K 40320 · USA
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Written a year after Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's classic Vietnam song Ohio, David Crosby produced this solo album (Atlantic # SD 7203), with the song "What Are Their Names" - which like Dylan's "Masters of War", sought to look at the people in power with control over policies of war… #960 Judy Collins Vietnam Love Song 1971 · Album · Living · Elektra # EKS-75014 · USA
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Judy Collins, an American singer-songwriter, born in Seattle, Washington, US (1 May 1939). For most of her career, she lived in New York City, NY, US. In the 1960s she gained a reputation as a social activist. In 1969 she testified in the trial of the Chicago Seven - the seven people… #961 Johnny Cash Man in Black 1971 · Single · Columbia # 4-45339 · USA
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Johnny Cash (1932-2003), a key country singer, and one of the most influential musicians in the 20th century, released in 1966 the anti-protest single "The One on the Right Is on the Left" (Columbia Records # 4-43496), which called on folk singers to keep politics out of their songs. It… Notes
"I wear the black...for the thousands who have died" Columbia 4-45339, JZSS 154161, "Stereo Version", blue label marked "Not for Resale - Radio Station… #962 Johnny Cash Singin' In Vietnam Talkin' Blues 1971 · Single · Singin' In Vietnam Talkin' Blues / You've Got a New Light Shining · Columbia # 4-45393 · USA
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Johnny Cash (1932-2003), a key country singer, and one of the most influential musicians in the 20th century, released in 1966 the anti-protest single The One on the Right Is on the Left (Columbia Records # 4-43496), which called on folk singers to keep politics out of their songs. It… Notes
Columbia 4-45393 (ZSS 154861), stereo, 45 RPM, red label with repeated "Columbia" pattern; title printed as "Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues" (Johnny… #963 Freda Payne Bring the Boys Home 1971 · Single · Bring the Boys Home / I Shall Not Be Moved · Invictus # 9092 · USA
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In the song "Bring the Boys Home" (Invictus # 9092), Freda Payne (born in Detroit, Michigan) emotionally pleaded with the politicians to end the war and send back the soldiers, noting the fathers and mothers left on the home front. It referenced the draft / call of Uncle Sam: "You… Notes
Invictus Is 9092 (45-10305PA), "Produced & Mixed for Greater & Sharper Sound Reproduction on the Air", mfd. by Invictus Records, Inc.; "Bring the Boys… #964 Change of Pace Bring My Buddies Back 1971 · Single · Bring My Buddies Back / Blood's Much Thicker Than Water · Stone Lady # 6 · USA
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Soul song called "Bring My Buddies Back" (Stone Lady # SL-006), which had a very similar sound and theme to Freda Payne's Bring the Boys Home - except in this case the plea came from a war veteran, asking the government to end the war and send his friends home. The very first line… Notes
Stone Lady Recording Company SL-006-A, blue label with gold figure logo; "Bring My Buddies Back" (David Sheffield), 3:33; produced by Holmes, Wilson,… #965 Marvin Gaye What's Happening Brother 1971 · Album · What's Going On · Tamla # STML 11190 · USA
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Marvin Gaye, born in Washington D.C. (2 April 1939), helped shape the sound of the Detroit-based Motown Records in the 1960s, and thus he became one of the most influential soul singers of the era. In the early 1970s with the album What's Going On, he worked on his own production,… #966 Marvin Gaye What's Going On 1971 · Single · What's Going On / God Is Love · Tamla # T 54201 · USA
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As discussed above, Marvin Gaye, born in Washington D.C. (2 April 1939), helped shape the sound of the Detroit-based Motown Records in the 1960s, and thus he became one of the most influential soul singers of the era. In the early 1970s with the album What's Going On, he worked on his own… Notes
Tamla T 54201, matrix Q-S5-M5-S6-831M05; "What's Going On" (A. Cleveland-M. Gaye-R. Benson), 3:40, © 1970 Jobete, BMI; Marvin Gaye; "Produced by Marvin… #967 Roy C Open Letter to the President 1971 · Single · Got to Get Enough / Open Letter to the President · Alaga # 1006 · USA
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Soul singer Roy C., born Roy Charles Hammond in Georgia, 1939, pleaded with the US president to end the war in Vietnam, in the protest song "Open Letter to the President" - released in 1971 on the New York label Alaga Records (# 1006) which he founded a year before in 1970. Thus, he… Notes
Alaga Records AL 1006-B, 45 RPM, compatible stereo, Box 118, Central Station, Jamaica, N.Y. 11345; "Open Letter to the President" (R. Hammond-J. Hines),… #968 Delia Gartrell See What You Done Done (Hymn No. 9) 1971 · Single · See What You Done, Done (Hymn No. 9) / Fight Fire With Fire · Demin-Kalo # JS-2 - JS-3 · USA
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The 1971 track "See What You Done, Done (Hymn No. 9)" , a raw angry cry against the army and government that sent her son "back to me a stoned junkie… my son died from an overdose... while he was fighting in your war" , an early representative of a Vietnam veteran who became a drug addict.…Notes
Original pressing Demin-Kalo JS-2 / JS-3 (1971). Reissued on Right-On Records RRO-109 (RRO 109 A), "A Division of Farem Productions, Inc."; "See What You… #969 Bobby Powell Peace Begins Within 1971 · Single · Peace Begins Within / Question · Whit # W-6908 · USA
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"Peace Begins Within" (Whit # W-6908), a short mid-tempo R&B song, made a small reference to the conflict: "boys are dying, Vietnam" . The narrator commented that the "folks back home don't give a damn" . Powell, born 1941, came from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Starting out as a gospel singer…Notes
Whit W-6908 (SL-1837), Side 1, pink label with alphabet-block logo; "Peace Begins Within" (LeFevre - Vanable - Bailey - Burrell - Daughtry), time 2:32,… #970 Love Generation Love's Stronger Than Hate 1971 · Single · Love's Stronger Than Hate / Evil Woman · Peace [Cleveland] # P-7162 · USA
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The song "Love's Stronger Than Hate" (Peace Records # P-7162) by the Love Generation - both band name and track title sound very 60s and hippie - not surprisingly, it is a peace song. It was written by Wayne Spence of Ohio, Cleveland. He also released this song under the name Wayne Spence…Notes
Peace Records, Cleve, Ohio, blue label, P-7162-A; "Love's Stronger Than Hate" (W. Spence), time 2:52, Exclusive Music (BMI); Love Generation, "Prod. by:… #971 Jackie Ross Doctor Slap's Man Is Born 1971 · Single · Doctor Slap's Man Is Born / Need Your Love So Bad · USA [Chicago] # 103 · USA
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The song "Doctor Slap's Man Is Born" (U.S.A. Records # 103), released in 1971, took an anti-war perspective. It told of children been born into a "world twisted and torn...divided, struggling to exist" . The child is taught to love and not kill, yet they are sent "off to war" . It ended… Notes
U.S.A. Records USA 103, also numbered C3005A, stereo, "Produced by U.S.A. Records - Chicago 5, Illinois", with a stars-and-stripes label and a map of the… #972–974 Swamp Dogg Rat On 1971 · Album · Elektra # EKS 74089 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Soul singer Swamp Dogg, born Jerry Williams, Jr. in 1942 in Portsmouth, Virginia, across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk - a navy seaside town in which the 'Norfolk Sound' soul music developed in the early 1960s. He also recorded under the name Little Jerry Williams. He…Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#972 Swamp Dogg Do You Believe 1971 · Album · Rat On · Elektra # EKS 74089 · USA
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Soul singer Swamp Dogg, born Jerry Williams, Jr. in 1942 in Portsmouth, Virginia, across the Elizabeth River from Norfolk - a navy seaside town in which the 'Norfolk Sound' soul music developed in the early 1960s. He also recorded under the name Little Jerry Williams. He… #973 Swamp Dogg God Bless America for What 1971 · Album · Rat On · Elektra # EKS 74089 · USA
Annotation: see “Do You Believe” above (same release).
#974 Swamp Dogg Remember I Said Tomorrow 1971 · Album · Rat On · Elektra # EKS 74089 · USA
Annotation: see “Do You Believe” above (same release).
#975 Chairmen Of The Board Men Are Getting Scarce 1971 · Single · Men Are Getting Scarce / Bravo, Hooray · Invictus # IS 9103 · USA
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The song "Men Are Getting Scarce" (Invictus # IS 9103), a hard hitting soul / funk anti-war track by the Detroit group Chairmen of the Board, the first flag-ship band of Invictus - as mentioned above, Holland-Dozier-Holland founded this label after they left Motown Records in 1967. The… Notes
Invictus IS 9103 (45-10416PA); "Men Are Getting Scarce" (G. Johnson, G. Perry), total 3:13, Gold Forever Music, Incorporated, BMI; Holland-Dozier-Holland… #976 Count Rockin' Sidney Bury the Hatchet 1971 · Single · Bury the Hatchet / Back Door Man · Bold [Lake Charles] # 1006 · USA
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The song "Bury the Hatchet" (Bold # 1006) took an anti-war stance. The narrator said that it was time to "shake hands" and that the country needed to "make peace today" . He described the conflict as a "cruel war" and wondered "how long" it would last. It was sung by Rockin' Sidney - born…Notes
Bold 1006 (LH-8441), 45 RPM, 2112 Elder St., Lake Charles, La. 70601; "Bury the Hatchet" (Sidney J. Simien), Tek Pub., BMI, 3:05; "A Sid Sim Production".… #977 Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker The World Today 1971 · Album · Hooker 'n Heat · United Artists # UAD 60157/8 · USA
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Blues collaboration, between well-known and influential blues singer / songwriter John Lee Hooker, known for playing an Electric Blues style of the Delta Blues, born on 22 August 1917 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA (he died on 21 June 2001 in Los Altos, California, USA), and Blues Rock… #978 Robert Pete Williams Vietnam Blues 1971 · Single · Goodbye Slim Harpo / Viet Nam Blues · Ahura Mazda # 45-AMS-101 · USA
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Country Blues artist Robert Pete Williams, born on 14 March 1914 in Zachary, Louisiana, USA, and died on 31 December 1980 in Rosedale, Louisiana, USA. He recorded the song "Viet Nam Blues" (Ahura Mazda Records # 45-AMS-101) in 1970 in Maringouin, Louisiana. Sung in free style, it is…Notes
Ahura Mazda 45-AMS-101 (PRP 27142), light blue label; "Vietnam Blues" (R. Williams), time 3:24, Pub.: Zora Delta Music – BMI; produced by Parker A.… #979 The Beach Boys Student Demonstration Time 1971 · Album · Surf's Up · Brother # RS 6453 · USA
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The track "Student Demonstration Time" (Brother Records # RS 6453) is an adaptation of the Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller classic R&B song "Riot In Cell Block #9", covered by many artists. Mike Love re-wrote the lyrics, making it one of the most political songs performed by the Beach Boys.… #980 Eve Plumb How Will It Be? 1971 · Single · How Will It Be? / The Fortune Cookie Song · RCA # 409 · USA
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Eve Plumb, born on 29 April 1958, in Burbank, California, a childhood star of the TV program The Brady Bunch (playing the role of middle sister Jan Brady) released the song "How Will It Be" (RCA Records # 0409) at the age of 12. Her father Neely Plumb (a jazz saxophonist) arranged,…Notes
childhood star of the TV program The Brady Bunch (playing the role of middle sister Jan Brady) RCA 74-0409 (ZPKS-9140), stereo, yellow "Not For Sale —… #981 Quicksilver Messenger Service What About Me 1971 · Single · What About Me / Good Old Rock and Roll · Capitol # 3046 · USA
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Written by Dino Valente, aka Jesse Oris Farrow, the track "What About Me" (Capitol Records # 3046), released as a single in February 1971, dealt with wider political and social issues, and included a reference to violence at demonstrations. It featured on the album What About Me (Capitol…Notes
Capitol 3046 (S45-76109), stereo, red and orange target label, mfd. by Capitol Records, Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc.; "What About Me"… #982 Pete Atkin Driving Through Mythical America 1971 · Album · Philips # 6308 070 · USA
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Pete Atkin, British singer/songwriter, born 22 August 1945 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK, performed the track "Driving Through Mythical America" (Philips # 6308 070), written by Clive James, which looked at the Kent State killings, weaved together with references to American popular… #983 Everyone Don't Get Me Wrong 1971 · Album · Everyone · B&C # CAS 1028 · UK
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Folk rock group Everyone formed in London, UK, in 1969/70. They only released this 1971 album, led by the singer-songwriter Andy Roberts, and featuring Bob Sargeant and John Porter, well-known British musicians and producers. Roberts said that the song "Don't Get Me Wrong" (B&C Records #… #984 The Isley Brothers Ohio / Machine Gun 1971 · Album · Givin' It Back · T-Neck # TNS 3008 · USA
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A lengthy 8-minute social medley of two famous political / social songs of the 60s by two major rock artists - the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song Ohio and the Jimi Hendrix track Machine Gun. The Isley Brother called the track "Ohio - Machine Gun" (T-Neck Records # TNS 3008). This… #985–987 Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu Sing Me a Song of Songmy 1971 · Album · Atlantic # SD 1576 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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A very experimental jazz album (Atlantic # SD 1576) from Freddie Hubbard and Ilhan Mimaroglu, it tackled the themes of war, violence, and Civil Rights, and included spooky monologues and Vietnamese poetry recited by Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca. The title of the album referred to the mass… #985 What a Good Time for a Kent State #986 Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part I #987 Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part II
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#985 Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu What a Good Time for a Kent State 1971 · Album · Sing Me a Song of Songmy · Atlantic # SD 1576 · USA
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A very experimental jazz album (Atlantic # SD 1576) from Freddie Hubbard and Ilhan Mimaroglu, it tackled the themes of war, violence, and Civil Rights, and included spooky monologues and Vietnamese poetry recited by Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca. The title of the album referred to the mass…Notes
Section of the side-long "Sing Me a Song of Songmy" suite; a choir sings the names of the four Kent State dead. Recorded July-August 1970, Regent Sound… #986 Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part I 1971 · Album · Sing Me a Song of Songmy · Atlantic # SD 1576 · USA
Annotation: see “What a Good Time for a Kent State” above (same release).
#987 Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu Sing Me a Song of Songmy, Part II 1971 · Album · Sing Me a Song of Songmy · Atlantic # SD 1576 · USA
Annotation: see “What a Good Time for a Kent State” above (same release).
#988 Pete Seeger Last Train to Nuremberg 1971 · Single · My Rainbow Race / Last Train to Nuremberg · Columbia # 4-45398 · USA
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Seeger's 1971 anti-war song "Last Train to Nuremberg" (Columbia Records # 4-45398) condemned the My Lai massacre and pointed the finger at several layers of society that had "blood upon" their "hands" . Nuremberg referred to the location of the criminal trials that took place after the… Notes
Columbia 4-45398 (JZSS 154256), turquoise promotional label marked "Not for resale" and "Radio station copy", 45 RPM, stereo; "Last Train to Nuremberg"… #989 Pete Seeger Everybody Has the Right to Live 1971 · Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · USA
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The song "Everybody Has the Right to Live" - originally by Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, on the 1968 album Everybody's Got a Right to Live (which featured several references to the Vietnam War) - was updated in 1971. In the May/June 1971 edition of Broadside Magazine, Pete Seeger…
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Updated lyrics for the My Lai massacre published in Broadside Magazine #113, unrecorded #990–1095 Pete Seeger Rainbow Race 1971 · Album · Columbia # C 30739 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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The song "Uncle Ho" , also on the 1971 album Rainbow Race (Columbia # C 30739) - the title referenced the North Vietnamese leader Hồ Chí Minh - which presented the North Vietnamese side, and their fight for independence. It called on Americans to protest the war and refuse to fight: "if… Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#990 Pete Seeger Uncle Ho 1971 · Album · Rainbow Race · Columbia # C 30739 · USA
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The song "Uncle Ho" , also on the 1971 album Rainbow Race (Columbia # C 30739) - the title referenced the North Vietnamese leader Hồ Chí Minh - which presented the North Vietnamese side, and their fight for independence. It called on Americans to protest the war and refuse to fight: "if… #991 Pete Seeger Our Generation 1971 · Album · Rainbow Race · Columbia # C 30739 · USA
Annotation: see “Uncle Ho” above (same release).
#1095 Pete Seeger Our Generation 1971 · Album · Rainbow Race · Columbia # C 30739 · USA
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The song "Our Generation" , as above, featured on the 1971 album Rainbow Race (Columbia # C 30739), which dealt with the 1960s generation ideals, including reference to hippie culture, and a small reference to Vietnam: "our generation has sandals like Vietnamese".Annotation by Justin A.…
#992 Ivan Lee The Cry of My Lai 1971 · Single · The Cry of My Lai / It Makes No Difference · Standard # GS-310 · USA
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The traditional country song "The Cry of My Lai" (Gold Standard Records # GS-310) - one of the few songs that condemns the massacre, with the narrator telling Calley that "the devil possesses your soul" , against the background sound-effect of an infant crying. He asked: "hey lieutenant,… Notes
Standard Records, "Record Row", Nashville, Tenn.; Record Number GS-310-A, gold label with shield logo; "The Cry of 'My Lai'" (Johnny Adams & Ivan Meece),… #993 Sylvia Robinson Lieutenant (Had Any Lately?) 1971 · Single · "Lieutenant" (Had Any Lately?) · Stang # ST-5027 · USA
Credited on the record as Mother of Three.
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The soulful track "Lieutenant (Had Any Lately?)" (Stang Records # ST-5027), out of New Jersey, took an anti-war line and condemned Calley - one of the few to do so. This record is performed by Sylvia Robinson. A year earlier she released the single "Have You Had Any Lately" (Stang # 5015)… Notes
Stang Records, "a div. of All Platinum Enterprises", ST-5027-A (ST-12011-GM-RE), 45 rpm; "'Lieutenant' (Had Any Lately?)" (Mother), 2:58, published by… #994 Asylum Choir Ballad for a Soldier 1971 · Album · Asylum Choir II · Shelter # SW-8910 · USA
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Asylum Choir - featuring Leon Russell (keyboards) and Marc Benno (guitar) - released the track "Ballad for a Soldier" (Shelter Records # SW-8910), which drew comparisons between the idea of being a war hero as seen in films and the actual reality of warfare. It did not mention Calley or… Notes
Shelter Records SW-8910 (SW 2-8910), stereo, orange label, "Distributed by Capitol Records, Inc."; label credits "The Asylum Choir", cover credits "Leon… #995 Rick Riddle Hang On Bill 1971 · Single · Hang on Bill / Sweet Lucy · Dixie # 107 · USA
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Rick Riddle, born Arvin Doyle Riddle in Rector, Arkansas, on 20 August 1920, built a career in western and country music in Detroit following the Second World War, during which he served with the US navy aboard the U.S.S. Adair in the Pacific Theatre.12 In 1971 he released the song "Hang…Notes
Arvin Doyle Riddle [birth name] Dixie Records DR #107; "Hang On Bill (A Tribute to Lt. Wm. Calley)" (Rick Riddle), time 2:10, Fred Henley Music, BMI, and… #996 The Truehart Kids If Your Dad Were a Prisoner of War 1971 · Single · Mallard # MR-4 · USA
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The country pop song "If Your Dad Were a Prisoner of War" (Mallard Records Inc. # MR-4), by the The Truehart Kids, looked at the plight of the P.O.W.s and the impact it had on the families of the prisoners. It also leaned to the anti-war side of the debate, concluding with the line "pray… Notes
Mallard Records, Inc., P.O. Box 490, 1012-17th Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn., MR-4 (10016), maroon label with a mallard-head logo; "If Your Dad Were a… #997 Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC Su nombre, Ho Chi Minh (Your Name, Ho Chi Minh) 1971 · Album · Cuba va! Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba · Paredon # P-1010 · Cuba
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LP of songs released by the Experimental Sound Collective of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts and Industries (ICAIC), which featured some of the most prominent artist in the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, including Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Noel Nicola, Sara… #998 Victor Jara Derecho de Vivir en Paz 1971 · Album · El derecho de vivir en paz · Dicap # JJL-11 · Chile
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Víctor Jara - a pioneer of the Nueva canción latinoamericana genre and activist who wrote many political songs in protest against the government in Chile, and beyond12 Born on 28 September 1932 in Chillán Viejo, VIII Región del Biobío, Chile, he was tortured and killed during the… #999 Isabel Parra Como en Vietnam 1971 · Album · De aquí y de allá · Discoteca del Cantar Popular # DCP 27 · Chile
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Isabel Parra, born 29 September 1939 in Santiago, Chile, a prominent member of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, she collaborated with other well-known artists, such as Quilapayún and Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC. The song "Como en Vietnam" (Discoteca del Cantar… #1000 Daniel Viglietti Dinh-hung, Juglar 1971 · Album · Canciones chuecas · Orfeo # SULP 90.558 · Uruguay
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The song "Dinh-hung, Juglar" (Orfeo # SULP 90.558) performed by Daniel Viglietti, part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement, born and died in Montevideo, Uruguay (24 July 1939-30 October 2017). The lyrics were written by Hector Numa Moraes & Washington Benavides, both songwriters… #1001–1005 Rolando Alarcón Por Cuba y Vietnam 1971 · Album · Tiempo # VBP-286 · Chile
All 5 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Rolando Alarcón, born on 5 August 1929 in Sewell, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile. He died on 4 February 1973 at the age of 43. He was member of the Chilean folk group Conjunto Cuncumén. A key member of the Nueva canción latinoamericana in Chile, he was highly respected in… #1001 Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuan [The Golden Hills Of Binh Thuan] #1002 Algun dia Viet-Nam [Someday Viet-Nam] #1003 Cueca Por Viet-Nam [Briefs By Viet-Nam] #1004 Hermano, hermano... Llorarás [Brother, brother...You Will Cry] #1005 Su nombre puede ponerse en verso (Ho Chi Min) [Your Name Can Be Put In Verse (Ho Chi Min)]
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#1001 Rolando Alarcón Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuan [The Golden Hills Of Binh Thuan] 1971 · Album · Por Cuba y Vietnam · Tiempo # VBP-286 · Chile
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Rolando Alarcón, born on 5 August 1929 in Sewell, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile. He died on 4 February 1973 at the age of 43. He was member of the Chilean folk group Conjunto Cuncumén. A key member of the Nueva canción latinoamericana in Chile, he was highly respected in…Notes
Side B of the EP: B1 "Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuan" (The Golden Hills of Binh Thuan); B2 "Hermano, hermano... llorarás" (Brother, Brother... You Will… #1002 Rolando Alarcón Algun dia Viet-Nam [Someday Viet-Nam] 1971 · Album · Por Cuba y Vietnam · Tiempo # VBP-286 · Chile
Annotation: see “Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuan [The Golden Hills Of Binh Thuan]” above (same release).
#1003 Rolando Alarcón Cueca Por Viet-Nam [Briefs By Viet-Nam] 1971 · Album · Por Cuba y Vietnam · Tiempo # VBP-286 · Chile
Annotation: see “Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuan [The Golden Hills Of Binh Thuan]” above (same release).
#1004 Rolando Alarcón Hermano, hermano... Llorarás [Brother, brother...You Will Cry] 1971 · Album · Por Cuba y Vietnam · Tiempo # VBP-286 · Chile
Annotation: see “Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuan [The Golden Hills Of Binh Thuan]” above (same release).
#1005 Rolando Alarcón Su nombre puede ponerse en verso (Ho Chi Min) [Your Name Can Be Put In Verse (Ho Chi Min)] 1971 · Album · Por Cuba y Vietnam · Tiempo # VBP-286 · Chile
Annotation: see “Las doradas colinas de Binh Thuan [The Golden Hills Of Binh Thuan]” above (same release).
#1006 Atahualpa Yupanqui Basta ya 1971 · Album · Basta ya · Le Chant du Monde # LDX - 7 4457 · Argentina
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Atahualpa Yupanqui, born Héctor Roberto Chavero Aramburu, on 22 January 1908 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died 23 May 1992, Nîmes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. He was known for his acoustic guitar playing, part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana. The song "Basta ya!" (Le…Notes
Record released in Paris, France, Europe #1007 Young Killer Viet Nam Crisis 1971 · Single · Leave Jackie Alone / Viet Nam Crisis · Straker's # S 005 · Trinidad & Tobago
Credited on the record as Young Killer acc. by Carribean Strikers Big Sounds Former Berridge.
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Young Killer, a calypso artist born in 1933 in Trinidad and Tobago. He died 26 October 2001, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. His birth name was Daniel Emmanuel Jardine Gilchrist. He released the anti-war song "Viet Nam Crisis" on a New York label, which praised the US for helping friends: "she… Notes
Straker's Records S 005 B, yellow and black label, stereo; "Viet Nam Crisis" (E. Jardine), time 2:30; produced by G. L. Straker; Young Killer accompanied… #1008 Moses I'm Coming Home 1971 · Album · Changes · Spectator # SL 2037 · Denmark
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Hard Rock group formed in Esbjerg, Syddanmark, Denmark, in 1969. It members included Søren Højbjerg (guitar), Jørgen Villadsen (vocals, bass), and Henrik Laurvig (drums). They released the song "I'm Coming Home" (Spectator Records # SL 2037) which looked at a soldiers perspective, missing… #1009 Benny Holst & Jesper Jensen Den første maj 1971 · Album · Demos # Dem 2 · Denmark
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Collaboration between Benny Holst, born 21 March 1940 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Jesper Jensen, born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark (6 June 1931 - 15 November 2009). While there are no specific Vietnam War songs on this LP (Demos # Dem 2), written on the back sleeve is "Den første Maj… #1010 Slumstormerne Hvordan er dine drømme, Nixon? 1971 · Album · Det kan blive bedre kammerat · Demos # Demos 4 · Denmark
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Danish political / musical collective, formed in 1971. The name of the group, Slumstormerne, is taken from the term used to describe those who occupied empty and condemned properties from the 1960s to the early 1970s in Denmark.12 This album contained the song "Hvordan er dine drømme,…Notes
"How Are Your Dreams, Nixon?" Opening line references the corpses of My Lai. Collective writing credit. #1011 Kalle Holmberg Gordon (Vietnam-laulu II) 1971 · Compilation · Poliittisten laulujen parhaat [Best Political Songs] · Eteenpäin! # ETLP 313 · Finland
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Various artist compilation, "The Best of Political Songs" of artists from Finland, performing, of course, political songs. This includes the track "Gordon (Vietnam-laulu II)" (Eteenpäin! # ETLP 313) by Kalle Holmberg, born 21 June 1939 in Mikkeli, Finland, and died 12 September 2016 in… #1012 Craig Scott Smiley 1971 · Single · Smiley / Where Are You · HMV # HR.441 · Australia
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New Zealand artist Craig Scott also did a cover of the song "Smiley" (His Master's Voice # HR.441), released on single on 14 June 1971. The line "smiley, you're off to the Asian war, and we won't see you smile no more..." captured the effect of the war on a generation of New Zealand youth… #1013 ジローズ [Jiro's] 戦争を知らない子供たち (Peace, Peace) [Children Who Don't Know About War (Peace, Peace)] 1971 · Single · 戦争を知らない子供たち (Peace, Peace) · Express # EP-1275 · Japan
Credited on the record as ジローズ.
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The song "戦争を知らない子供たち (Peace, Peace)" ( "Children Who Don't Know About War (Peace, Peace)" ) (Express # EP-1275) became a popular anti-war song during the Vietnam-era in Japan, with this single peaking at # 11 in the Japanese charts, selling over 300,000 copies.1 Lyrics by 北山修 [Osamu…Notes
this single peaking at # 11 in the Japanese charts, selling over 300,000 copies Express EP-1275 (EP-1275-A), stereo, 45 rpm, JASRAC, "Mfd. by Toshiba… #1014 Jimy Sims Ode to Vietnam 1971 · Single · Ode to Vietnam / Big Ole Teardrops · Music by Mark # 1-2003 · USA
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Ode to Vietnam (Sims, Jimy)Country. Longview, Texas, USA. My Lai / Calley. Patriotic, anti-war.
'I won't go to Vietnam' - people say, Uncle Sam will put…
Notes
Music by Mark 1-2003, 45 RPM, side 1003 B, dark-blue label, Longview, Texas, Copyright 1971; "Ode to Vietnam", words and music by R. Rouse, 2:00, BMI.… #1015 Lou Jackson Peace to You Brother 1971 · Single · Spring # SPR 110 · USA
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- Soul, peace song, Civil Rights message- Vietnam-era - forget about the war and greed
- Spring Records SPR 110 (SPR 110 B), 45 RPM stereo, "DJ Copy – Not…
#1016 Joni Mitchell California 1971 · Single · California / A Case of You · Reprise # 1049 · Canada
#1017 REO Speedwagon Anti-Establishment Man 1971 · Single · REO Speedwagon · Epic # PE 31089 · USA
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Anti-Establishment Man (REO Speedwagon)Five Men Were Killed Today (REO Speedwagon)
Five Men Were Killed Today
#1018 REO Speedwagon Five Men Were Killed Today 1971 · Single · REO Speedwagon · Epic # PE 31089 · USA
Annotation: see “Anti-Establishment Man” above (same release).
#1019 Bert Sommer The People Will Come Together 1971 · Single · The People Will Come Together / She Knows Me Better · Buddah # BDA 243 · USA
Notes
People Will Come Together (Sommer, Bert)Singer/songwriter, peace, anti-war.
Leaders lying, stop the war going on
Bring the boys home
Notes
Buddah Records BDA 243 (BUD 5498 A), "Not for Sale", multicoloured label in Buddah company sleeve; "The People Will Come Together" (Bert Sommer/John… #1020 Sid Myers Pawns of War 1971 · Single · Hare # HA-1520 · USA
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Folk rock, anti-war / peace, P.O.W., home front perspective.Raging wars to kill, don't cross that line.
Love your neighbour, respect fellow man.
Why fight…
Notes
Hare Records HA-1520-A, 45 RPM stereo, white "Promotional Copy" label; "Pawns of War" (S. Myers), 3:27, Hare Music Co., BMI; produced by John Rowe;… #1021 People Chant for Peace 1971 · Single · Chant for Peace / I Don't Carry No Guns · Polydor # PD 2-14087 · USA
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Polydor PD 2-14087 (POL 30262), white promotional label, "Promotion copy – not for sale"; "Chant for Peace" (Jerry Gross), 2:33 (intro :19); Makifa Pub.… #1022 The Jason Garfield Blessed Are the Protesters 1971 · Single · Blessed Are the Protesters / Ship of Freedom · Kef # 4451 · USA
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Blesses Are the Protesters (Jason Garfield, The)Psychedelic pop, bubblegum. Anti-war. Religion
Tribute to the protesters, hippies, and dissenters.
Need to…
Notes
Kef Records 4451 (2615), green and pink label with fez logo; "Blessed Are the Protesters" (Jack Fine-E. Chiprut), 2:52, Kef Music, Inc.-ASCAP; "A Kef… #1023 Joey Di Lorenzo Smile 1971 · Single · Smile / Make It Rain · Paula # 361 · USA
Notes
Smile (Di Lorenzo, Joey)Traditional pop, fanfare. Anti-war. Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
Reading paper: how can people kill? Mother's sons in foreign lands,…
Notes
Paula Records 361 (SL-1949), white "Promotion Copy" / "Not for Sale" label marked "Plug Side"; "Smile" (Ed Miller), Rogan (BMI), time 2:50; producer Ron… #1024 Mike Reid A Song for Peace 1971 · Single · Counterpart # 813L-3749 · USA
Credited on the record as Mike Reid featuring The Chet Oliver Choir.
Notes
Gospel / rock style balladGeneric Vietnam-era peace song.
Singer Mike Reid a football player with Cincinnati Bengals at time of release
Notes
Counterpart 813L-3749-A (A4KM-4578), 3:10; (M. Reid); "A John Reherman Enterprize"; Counterpart Music, BMI; producers Shad O'Shea and Gene Lawson,… #1025 Henson Cargill Pencil Marks on the Wall 1971 · Single · Pencil Marks on the Wall / Momma's Waiting · Mega # 615-0030 · USA
Notes
Pencil Marks on the Wall (Cargill, Henson)Country, home front perspective, leans anti-war
Jimmy went to school - marked his height on the wall
Here's the…
Notes
Mega 615-0030 (M1J-M1203), Mega Records & Tapes, Inc. USA; "Pencil Marks on the Wall" (Richard Ahlert-Eddy Snyder), 2:42, Free Verse, Inc. (ASCAP);… #1026 Marvin Gaye Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 1971 · Single · Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) / Wholy Holy · Tamla # T 54209 F · USA
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"send that boy off to die" .Also poverty, inflation, crime, police violence.
Shorter version than album
Notes
Tamla T 54209F, © 1971, matrix 905M10; "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (M. Gaye, J. Nyx), Jobete Music Co. Inc., BMI, time 2:58; produced by… #1027 Helen Hollins Singers Sad Sad (War Is) 1971 · Single · Sad Sad (War Is) / Deliverance · HOB # 1355 · USA
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Soul, anti-warNotes
HOB 1355 (S 71232 A), "HOB Is Gospel" sunburst label; "Sad Sad (War Is)" (Milton Hollins), 3:08, Our Children's Music/BMI; produced by John Bowden;… #1028 William Garvin Bring Them Home 1971 · Single · Bring Them Home / Set My Spirit Free · Will # Will 003 · USA
Notes
Soul, anti-war, home front / soldier's perspective.Some of our loved ones have not come home.
Remember the boys who are still there.
Appeal to Congress and…
Notes
Aka: Rev. Will Garvin Will Records 003, Side 1, P.O. Box 3272, Hollywood, Calif. 90028, blue and red label; "Bring Them Home" (William Garvin), 3:05,… #1029 Eugene McDaniels Tell Me Mr. President 1971 · Single · Atlantic # 45-2805 · USA
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Tell Me Mr. President (McDaniels)Soul - political themes:
civil rights, war and peace, demonstrations, poverty, pollution.
References the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), and Robert F. Kennedy (RFK).
Born 12 February 1935, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Died 29 July 2011, Kittery Point,…
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Atlantic 45-2805, matrix A-21821 SP, mono, 45 R.P.M., vocal; "Tell Me Mr. President" (G. Lewis), time 3:17, Pub. Cotillion, BMI; Eugene McDaniels,… #1030 Laurel Canyon Stand and Be Counted 1971 · Single · Stand and Be Counted / Don't Let the Morning Pass · New Design # ZS7 1001 · USA
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Stand and Be Counted (Laurel Canyon)Soul / funk. Anti-war, protest, civil rights.
Send our men to war so they get richer and we get poorer.
So stand and be…
Notes
New Design Records ZS7 1001 (JZS7 1001-1), white label with pink triangle, marked "Promotional Copy"; "Stand and Be Counted" (A. Miles - B. Mardones - G.… #1031 The Rock (Charlie, Brother) We Got to Love One Another 1971 · Single · Charlie, Brother, We Got to Love One Another / (Don't Abuse) Your Faithful Love · Scorpio # S-101 · USA
Notes
The Rock - (Charlie, Brother) We Got to Love One AnotherSoul / funk
Notes
Scorpio Records S-101, 45 RPM, green label with scorpion logo; "(Charlie, Brother) We Got to Love One Another" (Andre Williams-D. Malone), Don Music Co.,… #1032 The Stairsteps Peace Is Gonna Come 1971 · Single · Peace Is Gonna Come / Didn't It Look So Easy · Buddah # BDA 213 · USA
Notes
Peace Is Gonna Come (Stairsteps, The)"You've got to push, pray, stick up for what you might believe"
Notes
Buddah Records BDA 213 (BUD 5439), multicoloured psychedelic label; "Peace Is Gonna Come" (Stan Vincent), time 3:18, Sleeping Sun/Kama Sutra, BMI;… #1033 The Bells Sing a Song of Freedom 1971 · Single · Sing a Song of Freedom / Stay Awhile · Polydor # 15023 · USA
Notes
Sing a Song of Freedom (Bells, The)Contemporary folk, pop.
Peace, anti-war, civil rights.
"We don't want no war" .
Vietnam-era.
Notes
Polydor PD 2-15023 (POL 30194, 2121 027), manufactured by Polydor Incorporated, New York, N.Y.; "Sing a Song of Freedom" (Darin), 3:38, "From the Polydor… #1034 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Express Yourself II 1971 · Album · You're So Beautiful · Warner Bros. # WS 1904 · USA
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Express Yourself II (Wright, Charles & The Watts)Let's Make Love Not War (Wright, Charles & The Watts)
#1035 Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Let's Make Love Not War 1971 · Album · You're So Beautiful · Warner Bros. # WS 1904 · USA
Annotation: see “Express Yourself II” above (same release).
#1036 Alex Bradford Letter to the U.N. (Make the World Safe Again) 1971 · Single · Letter to the U.N. (Make the World Safe Again) / Sunday Mo'Nin · Cotillion # 7600 · USA
Notes
Cotillion 7600 (CO-20829-PL), "Religious Series", vocal; "Letter to the U.N. (Make the World Safe Again)" (Alex Bradford), 3:20, Pub. Brad-Pathway,… #1037 Chambers Brothers New Generation 1971 · Single · New Generation / When the Evening Comes · Columbia # 4-45394 · USA
Credited on the record as Chamber Brothers.
Notes
Columbia 4-45394 (JZSP 154877), 45 rpm promotional pressing marked "Not for resale – Radio station copy"; "New Generation" (J. Chambers – C. LaMarr),… #1038 The Naturals Young Generation 1971 · Single · I Can't Share You / Young Generation · Calla # C-181 · USA
Notes
Young Generation (Naturals, The)Soul, funk, protest, civil rights.
Generation gap theme, Vietnam-era (war not mentioned)
So many dying - look at Jackson,…
Notes
Calla Records, 17 West 60th St., New York, C-181 (side C-181-B); "Young Generation", 2:45, Jamf Mus. Corp. & Nardaq Publ. Co., BMI; arranged by William… #1039 Tom Clay The Victors 1971 · Single · What the World Needs Now Is Love · MoWest # MW5002F · USA
Notes
What the World Needs Now Is Love / Abraham, Martin and John (Clay, Tom)Victor (Clay, Tom)
Soul. Motown sub-label MoWest - Los Angeles, California, USA.
A-sid…
Notes
MoWest MW 5002 F, sunset-over-the-sea label, "A trademark of Motown Record Corporation", © 1971; both sides "In Album MW-103L 'What the World Needs Now'"… #1040 Tom Clay What the World Needs Now Is Love - Abraham, Martin and John 1971 · Single · What the World Needs Now Is Love · MoWest # MW5002F · USA
Annotation: see “The Victors” above (same release).
#1041 Arlene Harden Congratulations (You Sure Made A Man Out Of Him) 1971 · Single · Congratulations (You Sure Made a Man Out of Him) / Sing Me Some Sunshine · Columbia # 4-45420 · USA
Notes
Congratulations (You Sure Made a Man Out of Him) (Harden, Arlene) (Columbia Records # 4-45420) Country-pop. Impact of war on soldier, PTSD. Title leans…
Notes
Member of The Harden Trio, The Hardens Columbia 4-45420 (ZSS 154274), stereo, 45 RPM, red label with repeated "Columbia" pattern, "Printed in U.S.A.";… #1042 Paul Ott The Soldier's Prayer 1971 · Single · The Soldier's Prayer / Danny Boy · Show Biz # SBR-0502 · USA
Annotation
Notes
The song "The Soldier's Prayer" (Show Biz # SBR-0502).plight of the soldier, narrated from man fighting in Vietnam. released in 1971, it referred to the "winding down" of the war under Nixon, and that casualties were "at an all time low" . But even so, his buddies were still being…
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Show Biz SBR-0502 (SB-1003S), stereo; "The Soldier's Prayer" (Bill Graham), 2:59, Davidson Country Music / Show Biz Music (BMI); produced by Hall-Graham,… #1043 The Wilburn Brothers The War Keeps Draggin' On 1971 · Single · The War Keeps Draggin' On / Bloomin' Fools · Decca # 32909 · USA
Annotation
Notes
"The War Keeps Draggin' On" (Decca Records # 32909).The group, which featured the brothers Doyle Wilburn and Teddy Wilburn from Hardy, Arkansas, both served in the US army during the Korean War.2
They also released the two Vietnam-related songs "Little Johnny From Down the Street" and…
Notes
Decca 32909 (123,678), side A, mono, "Promotion Copy - Not for Sale"; "The War Keeps Draggin' On" (Larry G. Whitehead), 2:58, Sure-Fire Music Co., Inc.… #1044 The Anonymous Soldier The Coward (?) of My Lai 1971 · Single · Produced For Peace # PC-101 · USA
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PC-101, "Produced For Peace (Artist Royalties from this record payable to The Southeastern Fund for World Peace)", cream label with peace symbol; "The… #1045 Graham Nash Military Madness 1971 · Single · Military Madness / Sleep Song · Atlantic # 45-2827 · USA
Notes
Military Madness (Nash, Graham)Born 2 February 1942, Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Vietnam-era: song about WW2 in England, which contained a…
Notes
Atlantic 45-2827 (A-22153-PL), 45 R.P.M., vocal; "Military Madness" (Graham Nash), 2:50, Pub. Giving Room Music, BMI; produced by Graham Nash; from… #1046 Bolder Damn Breakthrough 1971 · Album · Mourning · Hit [Fort Lauderdale] # HRI 5063 · USA
Notes
- Hard rock, psychedelia, peace / anti-war- Two band members later drafted to Vietnam
- Florida release
- "Got That Feeling"
- "Dead Meat"
- "Breakthrough"
#1047 Andrew Culverwell Gone to Vietnam 1971 · Album · Where Is the Love · Polydor # 2343-035 · UK
Notes
Gone to Vietnam (Andrew Culverwell)Born
19 December 1944, Somerset, United Kingdom
Peace, anti-war
#1048 May Blitz The 25th of December 1969 1971 · Album · The 2nd of May · Vertigo # 6360 037 · UK
Notes
25th of December, the (Blitz, May)Minor Christmas reference. Anti-War. UK.
Formed
1969, London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Disbanded
1971
#1049 New York String Quartet Black Angels (Thirteen Images From the Dark Land) 1971 · Album · Black Angels / String Quartet No. 6; Sonatina · CRI # CRI SD 283 · USA
Notes
To do #1050 Gary Bartz Ntu Troop Vietcong 1971 · Album · Harlem Bush Music: Uhuru · Milestone # MX 9032 · USA
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Vietcong. Jazz instrumental #1051 Gene Marshall Where Are They Going 1971 · Single · Where Are They Going / We Ask for Peace · Preview # 1967 · USA
Notes
We Ask for Peace (Marshall, Gene)Where Are They Going (Marshall, Gene)
We ask for a noble, lasting peace, close the war breach.
A-side: reference to peace
Notes
Preview Records 1967, blue label with silver print, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood; side 1967-1 "Where Are They Going" (Irving Frederick), 2:38, and side 1967-2… #1052 Gene Marshall We Ask for Peace 1971 · Single · Where Are They Going / We Ask for Peace · Preview # 1967 · USA
Annotation: see “Where Are They Going” above (same release).
#1053 Roy Rogers Vision at the Peace Table 1971 · Single · Vision at the Peace Table / Lovenworth · Capitol # 3016 · USA
Notes
Capitol 3016 (S45-80215), stereo; "Vision at the Peace Table" (Jack Ripley), total time 3:22, Sure-Fire Music Company, Inc., BMI; produced by George… #1054 Jacob Young Peace Now 1971 · Single · Peace Now / Cancelled Interest · Laurie # LR 3561 · USA
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Laurie Records LR 3561 (A4KM-0133), "Advance Release" label, Laurie Records Inc., New York; "Peace Now" (C. Pincus), time 2:05, S&J Music Pub. Corp.,… #1055 Shelly Thank God the War Is Almost Over 1971 · Single · Thank God the War Is Almost Over / The Lonely Maiden · Peace [Spring Park] # 45-101 · USA
Notes
Thank God the War Is Almost Over (Shelly)Lounge pop, anti-war, peace. Spring Park, Minnesota, USA
Thank god the boys are coming home.
Same song as Tiffany…
Notes
Peace Records, Box 385, Spring Park, Minn. 55384, 45-101A; "Thank God the War Is Almost Over" (Peter Tevis), time 3:20, Renny Roker Music/Tiffy Music,… #1056 Podipto Karen's Song 1971 · Single · Karen's Song / (Lola) You Ease My Achin' Heart · GRT # 36 · USA
Notes
To doNotes
GRT 36 (GC 1-294 M), mono, white "Promotion Not For Sale" label, "A GRT Record Group Co. • Div. of GRT Corp."; "Karen's Song" (J. S. Collins), 2:35, "From… #1057 Tramp Wonderful War Games 1971 · Single · Ghetto Dog / Wonderful War Games · Small Town # ST 102 · USA
Notes
To doNotes
Record label in Jackson, Mississippi, USA #1058–1124 Various Artists Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons 1971 · Compilation · NOVA # 8 85 009 · Germany
All 5 songs from this compilation in the archive are in this collection
Notes
Compilation from German Democratic Republic (GDR).Many Vietnam War songs, including My Lai massacre, and Kent State shooting.
#1058 Vier Studenten aus Kent #1059 So nah ist dieses Land #1060 Die USA-Kompanie von Son My #1116 Schlaflied für Johnson #1124 Wie weit liegt Vietnam entfernt?
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#1058 Gisela May Vier Studenten aus Kent 1971 · Compilation · Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons · NOVA # 8 85 009 · Germany
Credited on the record as Various Artists.
Notes
Compilation from German Democratic Republic (GDR).Many Vietnam War songs, including My Lai massacre, and Kent State shooting.
Notes
NOVA 8 85 009 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP, 1971 (Ag 511/01/71); Musikregie Dagmar Vorwerk; sleeve essay by Helge Jung (1971); design… #1059 Gisela May So nah ist dieses Land 1971 · Compilation · Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons · NOVA # 8 85 009 · Germany
Credited on the record as Various Artists.
Annotation: see “Vier Studenten aus Kent” above (same release).
#1060 Gisela May Die USA-Kompanie von Son My 1971 · Compilation · Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons · NOVA # 8 85 009 · Germany
Credited on the record as Various Artists.
Annotation: see “Vier Studenten aus Kent” above (same release).
#1116 Mary-Edith Schreiber Schlaflied für Johnson 1971 · Compilation · Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons · NOVA # 8 85 009 · Germany
Notes
NOVA 8 85 009 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP, 1971 (Ag 511/01/71); Musikregie Dagmar Vorwerk; sleeve essay by Helge Jung (1971); design… #1124 Mary-Edith Schreiber Wie weit liegt Vietnam entfernt? 1971 · Compilation · Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons · NOVA # 8 85 009 · Germany
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NOVA 8 85 009 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP, 1971 (Ag 511/01/71); Musikregie Dagmar Vorwerk; sleeve essay by Helge Jung (1971); design… #1061–1110 Various Artists So nah ist dieses Land 1971 · Compilation · ETERNA # 8 15 063 · Germany
All 4 songs from this compilation in the archive are in this collection
Notes
German Democratic Republic (GDR)Protest, anti-war. Kent State, My Lai as well.
#1061 So nah ist dieses Land #1062 Vier Studenten aus Kent #1063 Wenn dieser Morgen kommt #1110 Die USA-Kompanie von Son My
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#1061 Gisela May & Orchestra Henry Krtschil So nah ist dieses Land 1971 · Compilation · ETERNA # 8 15 063 · Germany
Credited on the record as Gisela May, Orchester Henry Krtschil.
Notes
German Democratic Republic (GDR)Protest, anti-war. Kent State, My Lai as well.
Notes
Also on 1971 compilation "Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons" [NOVA / 8 85 009] ETERNA 8 15 063, stereo, AWA, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin DDR;… #1062 Gisela May & Orchestra Henry Krtschil Vier Studenten aus Kent 1971 · Compilation · So nah ist dieses Land · ETERNA # 8 15 063 · Germany
Credited on the record as Gisela May, Orchester Henry Krtschil.
Annotation: see “So nah ist dieses Land” above (same release).
#1063 Gisela May Wenn dieser Morgen kommt 1971 · Compilation · So nah ist dieses Land · ETERNA # 8 15 063 · Germany
Credited on the record as Gisela May und das Ensemble Henry Krtschil.
Annotation: see “So nah ist dieses Land” above (same release).
#1110 Gisela May Die USA-Kompanie von Son My 1971 · Compilation · So nah ist dieses Land · ETERNA # 8 15 063 · Germany
Credited on the record as Gisela May, Walter Olbertz (Klavier), Wolfgang Preissler (Schlagzeug).
Notes
Also on 1971 compilation "Schützt diese Welt - Lieder und Chansons" [NOVA / 8 85 009] ETERNA 8 15 063, stereo, AWA, VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin DDR;… #1064–1078 FNL-Grupperna Till Det Kämpande Vietnam 1971 · Album · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
All 15 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
Notes
Swedish. Anti-war.1Befria Södern # BS-3 "For the struggling Vietnam" is an album released by The United FNL groups, the publisher Liberate the South. The disc cover, booklet and the envelope containing nothing but photos of Vietnamese, armed liberation struggle and the writer Jan…
#1064 Till det kämpande Vietnam #1065 Befria södern #1066 Befrielsearméns sång #1067 Herr ambassadör #1068 Rädda dollarn #1069 Sång om de indokinesiska folken #1070 Sången om freden #1071 Sången om svalorna #1072 Tango i Saigon #1073 Till fronten #1074 Vart än vattnet leds, följer fisken med #1075 Vietnams folk står enat #1076 Vilken president! #1077 Demonstrantvisa #1078 Glanshammarsvisa
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#1064 FNL-Grupperna Till det kämpande Vietnam 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation
Notes
Swedish. Anti-war.1Befria Södern # BS-3 "For the struggling Vietnam" is an album released by The United FNL groups, the publisher Liberate the South. The disc cover, booklet and the envelope containing nothing but photos of Vietnamese, armed liberation struggle and the writer Jan…
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Red labels headed "Befria Södern", "Till det kämpande Vietnam", BS 3 A / BS 3 B, "DFFG 1971", 33 rpm, stereo, NCB, with a Swedish rights notice reserving… #1065 FNL-Grupperna Befria södern 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1066 FNL-Grupperna Befrielsearméns sång 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1067 FNL-Grupperna Herr ambassadör 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1068 FNL-Grupperna Rädda dollarn 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1069 FNL-Grupperna Sång om de indokinesiska folken 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1070 FNL-Grupperna Sången om freden 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1071 FNL-Grupperna Sången om svalorna 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1072 FNL-Grupperna Tango i Saigon 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1073 FNL-Grupperna Till fronten 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1074 FNL-Grupperna Vart än vattnet leds, följer fisken med 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1075 FNL-Grupperna Vietnams folk står enat 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1076 FNL-Grupperna Vilken president! 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1077 FNL-Grupperna Demonstrantvisa 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1078 FNL-Grupperna Glanshammarsvisa 1971 · Album · Till Det Kämpande Vietnam · Befria # BS-3 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Till det kämpande Vietnam” above (same release).
#1079 Fickteatern Vi valde inte våldet 1971 · Album · Allt växer till det hejdas... · MNW # 16P · Sweden
Annotation
Swedish anti-war, anti-imperialist album, with many references to Vietnam and 1960s/70s Cold War issues."Vi valde inte våldet" ("We Chose Not Violence").
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Other songs on the album: "Vem bombar i Kambodja" ("Who Bombs in Cambodia") - need song; "En vietnamesisk bonde" ("A Vietnamese Farmer", VWSP0755) - need… #1080 Gunder Hägg Kalla krige 1971 · Album · Glassfabriken · MNW # 18P · Sweden
Annotation
"Kalla krige" ( "Cold War" )Swedish, anti-war, anti-imperialist. 8-minute history of Cold War. Reference to Vietnam in final two verses.
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#1081 Knutna Nävar Arbetare Och Förtryckta 1971 · Internationalen och andra revolutionära arbetarsånger · Proletärkultur # PROLP 171 · Sweden
Notes
"Arbetare och förtryckta" (Knutna Navar)"Workers and Oppressed" - reference to Vietnam
Proletärkultur # PROLP 171
Swedish. Contemporary folk. Anti-war.
#1082 Frontteatret & PS-gruppa Gia'i phong mien Nam [Liberation of South Vietnam] 1971 · Album · Slutt opp, kamerat! · Oktober # OKT 7101 · Norway
Notes
Gia'i phong mien NamNorway.
Notes
Credited to Front-Teatret & Visegruppa PS. Released by the Norwegian book publisher Oktober Forlag; 4-page insert; first pressing has red labels. Printed… #1083 Fria Proteatern Ut till fronten [Out to the Front] 1971 · Album · Har ni hört kamrater · Folksång # FRS 1001 · Sweden
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Also Known As: NJA-Gruppen #1084 Das Fenster Mutter, wie weit ist Vietnam [ Mother, How Far Is Vietnam] 1971 · Album · Doch wir · BASF # 20 21217-3 · Germany
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Notes
"Mutter, wie weit ist Vietnam?" [Mother, How Far Is Vietnam?]GDR - East Germany1
"Mutter, wie weit ist Vietnam? Sehr weit, mein Kind, sei still! Mutter, wie sprechen die Menschen da? Ganz anders als hier, mein Kind. Mutter, warum ist da Krieg? Warum? Weil Fremde und Reich wolln, dass…
#1085 L.E. White and the Bob Whites Jimmy Gets a Gun (For Christmas) 1971 · Single · Jimmy Gets a Gun (For Christmas) / Christmas Won't Be Christmas Anymore · Music City # MC-45-107 · USA
Notes
Music City Records MC-45-107-A, yellow and black label, 1215 17th Ave. So., Nashville, Tenn.; "Jimmy Gets a Gun (For Christmas)" (L. E. White–Betty Jo… #1086 Victor Buono Suffer the Children 1971 · Single · Suffer the Children / I Trust You'll Treat Her Well · Family # FPA 0905 · USA
Annotation
Notes
Suffer the Children (Buono, Victor)Christmas. Anti-war.
Billboard advert, 18 December 19711 Christmas singles spotlight, 11 December 1971.2
Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Family Productions FPA-0905 (MB 26407-M), mono, green constellation label marked "Promotional Copy Not For Sale"; "Suffer the Children" (V. Buono),… #1087–1151 Various Artists Cry for Vietnam 1971 · Live · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
All 18 songs from this live in the archive are in this collection
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charity release for Vietnam #1087 Cry For Vietnam [A1] #1088 Cry For Vietnam [A2] #1136 Across The Hills #1137 2000 Years #1138 Let Me Give Back To Our Motherland #1139 I Was There #1140 Peace Is The Way #1141 When I Need A Neighbour #1142 Trotting Through Jerusalem #1143 The Fiance #1144 The Message #1145 The Golden Key #1146 Spring #1147 Lullaby #1148 Appeal #1149 Lord Of The Dance #1150 Condemnation #1151 Prayer
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#1087 Cao Ngọc Phượng Cry For Vietnam [A1] 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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charity release for VietnamNotes
Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1088 David Harding Cry For Vietnam [A2] 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
Annotation: see “Cry For Vietnam [A1]” above (same release).
#1136 Reflection Across The Hills 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1137 Reflection 2000 Years 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1138 Nadia Cattouse Let Me Give Back To Our Motherland 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1139 P.J. Hoffman I Was There 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1140 P.J. Hoffman Peace Is The Way 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1141 New Malden Methodist Junior Choir When I Need A Neighbour 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1142 New Malden Methodist Junior Choir Trotting Through Jerusalem 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1143 Cao Ngọc Phượng The Fiance 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1144 Donald Swann The Message 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1145 Maria Illo The Golden Key 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1146 Nadia Cattouse Spring 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1147 Cao Ngọc Phượng Lullaby 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1148 Donald Soper Appeal 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1149 Sydney Carter Lord Of The Dance 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1150 Thích Nhất Hạnh Condemnation 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1151 Thích Nhất Hạnh Prayer 1971 · Live · Cry for Vietnam · Sound News # SNP 185 · UK
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Also titled 'Cry For Vietnam - F.O.R. Concert' (F.O.R. = Fellowship of Reconciliation, the pacifist organisation). Released March 16, 1971. Features… #1089 Troy Keyes If I Had My Way 1971 · Single · If I Had My Way / If I Had My Way (Instrumental) · VMP # VMP 109 · USA
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- Soul, peace, anti-war, Civil Rights- Why so many men go far away to die?
- People should live as one
- Brothers and sisters under one sun
- VMP 109/110…
#1090 Hot Poop Dance to the War 1971 · Album · Does Their Own Stuff! · Hot Poop # HPS-3072 · USA
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Limited to 500 copies with an orange insert.Dance To The War 2:58; My Baby's Dead 3:58.
CD reissue Radioactive RRCD174 (2006, unofficial); LP repress Toxic…
#1091 Hot Poop My Baby's Dead 1971 · Album · Does Their Own Stuff! · Hot Poop # HPS-3072 · USA
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Limited to 500 copies with an orange insert.Dance To The War 2:58; My Baby's Dead 3:58.
CD reissue Radioactive RRCD174 (2006, unofficial); LP repress Toxic…
#1092 Gary Wright Stand for Our Rights 1971 · Single · A&M # 1267 · USA
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Folk rock, generic Vietnam-era protestWe need to unite, to protect our rights
Freedom to live our own lives
Free speech, speak your mind
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Produced by Gary Wright. Also issued in the UK on A&M AMS 852 (1971). [From Discogs] #1093 Liserio and The Blue's Aspect So Many People Couldn't Be Wrong 1971 · Single · So Many People Couldn't Be Wrong / Hey Girl! Walking Down the Street · High Tower # HTW-102 · USA
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Mexican-American protest, Civil Rights, garage rock.Texas release.
#1094 Love Generation Love for Everybody 1971 · Single · Mega # 615-0087 · Germany
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- Formed 1969, München, Bayern, Germany. Disbanded 1978- West Germany
- US issue on MEGA in 1972, original released in Germany in 1971
- Generic peace…
#1096 Murvell Johnson Viet Nam War 1971 · Single · You Got Me / Viet Nam War · Johnson # 45-101 · USA
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Murvell Johnson, another obscure blues artist, whose biography is currently unknown, in addition to no known date of recording, release, or location, who released the blues song "Viet Nam War" (probably late 60s - early 70s). The narrator repeated a similar line throughout, "I've got a… Notes
Johnson 45-101 (SH-1084), red label with "Love Me" printed at left, vocal; "Viet Nam War" (Murvell Johnson), BMI, 3:10. [From the record sleeve and labels] #1097 Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett Como en Vietnam 1971 · Album · Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett · Atlantic # SD 1577 · USA
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Como en Vietnam (Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Recorded 23 July 1970 at A&R Recording Studios, New York (Wikipedia). Producer: Joel Dorn; recording engineer Dave Sanders; remix Lewis Hahn; cover design… #1098 Don Paulin Alice's Restaurant Part II 1971 · Single · Alice's Restaurant Part I (Alice's Rock'n Roll Restaurant) / Alice's Restaurant Part II (Alice's Restaurant Massacree) · Liberty # 15 332 · USA
#1099 Roger McDowell America, Now Join Hands 1971 · Single · America, Now Join Hands / A Tribute to Lt. William Calley · Freedom Ring # 618 · USA
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Freedom Ring 618, "A Division of Tillman-McDowell Enterprises", stars-and-stripes label with Liberty Bell; F-618-1 "America, Now Join Hands" (Roger… #1100 Gil Scott-Heron & Pretty Purdie Artificialness 1971 · Single · Funky Mozart / Artificialness · Mega # 615-0065 · USA
Credited on the record as Pretty Purdie and the Playboys, narration: Gil Scott-Heron.
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Artificialness (Purdie, Pretty & Gil Scott-Heron) Jazz funk, protest, Nixon
Dear Nixon - wife has left me. I am a victim of the Vietnam War.
In the DM…
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Mega 615-0065 (M2PM-1472), mono "Promo Copy"; "Artificialness" (Scott-Heron-Purdie), 3:05 (intro time 0:02), credited to Pretty Purdie and the Playboys… #1101 The Undisputed Truth Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 1971 · Single · Ball of Confusion / You Make Your Own Heaven · Gordy # G 7112F · USA
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Gordy G 7112F (N-01-N-851805), purple-and-yellow label; "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" (N. Whitfield, B. Strong), time 7:03, © 1970… #1102 Cher Classified 1A 1971 · Single · Classified 1A / Don't Put It on Me · Kapp # K-2134 · USA
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The song title "Classified 1A" (Kapp Records # K-2134), performed by Cher, and written by Sonny Bono, referred to the draft classification of those eligible to fight in Vietnam. It is a narrative from the perspective of a soldier in Vietnam, dying in the mud, who declares his love for… Notes
Kapp Records K-2134 (K-12700), white label marked "Plug Side" and "Radio Station Copy"; "Classified 1A" (Sonny Bono), 2:55, Chrismarc, BMI; produced by… #1103 Butch Christofer We Done Wrong! 1971 · Single · We Done Wrong! / We'll Have Fun · Chicken Row # CR-1002 · USA
Credited on the record as Butch Christofer (And The High Camp Society Band).
Annotation
The song "We Done Wrong!" (Chicken Row Records # CR-1002) can probably be classified as a song about My Lai and Calley - although it does not refer to either of those. Released by Butch Christofer and The High Camp Society Band, written by Arthur K. Weathers, and produced by Group V…Notes
Chicken Row Records CR-1002-A, Side 1, stereo, © 1971 GVP, green label with a rooster drawing; "We Done Wrong!" (Arthur K. Weathers), St. Elmo Music, BMI,… #1104 The Last Poets Die Nigga 1971 · Soundtrack · Right On · Juggernaut # JUG ST/LP-8802 · USA
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Artist background
Formed on 19 May 1968, the anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, The Last Poets pioneered jazz poetry with social and political raps and rhythms, paving the way for the emergence of hip-hop. The collective, based in Harlem, New York, had several line-ups. Their debut… #1105 Rich Little The Draft 1971 · Single · The Draft / The Rice Bowl · Mercury # 73259 · USA
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Draft, The (Little, Rich) Rice Bowl (Little, Rich)
Comedy.
A-side: Nixon impression - he received a draft letter, from himself.
He went down to the draft…
Notes
Mercury 73259, white "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale" pressing, "Manufactured and distributed by Mercury Record Productions, Inc."; "The Draft", 3:18,… #1106 Det kan blive bedre kammerat Hvordan er dine drømme, Nixon? [How Are Your Dreams, Nixon?] 1971 · Album · Slumstormerne · Demos # Dem 4 · Denmark
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The name of the group, Slumstormerne, is taken from the term used to describe those who occupied empty and condemned properties from the 1960s to the… #1107 Mundell Lowe I Think You Always Knew (The Theme From Billy Jack) 1971 · Single · One Tin Soldier, The Legend of Billy Jack / I Think You Always Knew (The Theme From Billy Jack · Warner Bros. # 7509 · USA
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Warner Bros. Records 7509, olive label with the Sunshine Snake sun logo, "Original Sound Track Music from the Motion Picture 'Billy Jack'", composed,… #1108 Abbie Hoffman Texas Tweezers 1971 · Album · Wake Up America! · Big Toe # Big Toe 1 · USA
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On the track "Texas Tweezers" , from the album Wake Up, America (Big Toe Records # 1), Hoffman took a phone call on a radio show. The caller attacked Hoffman for being ignorant, an exhibitionist, and for criticising the country, which, according to the caller, would have got him killed in… Notes
Big Toe Records BIG TOE 1, stereo, pink labels, "Big Toe Records, Flat Edward, New York • Made in America", "Music by The Joint Chiefs of Staff".Side 1:…
#1109 The Dixie Drifter Let the Soul Roll On Pt. I 1971 · Single · Let the Soul Roll On · Archives # AR 1-68 · USA
Credited on the record as The Dixie Drifter with Black River Junction.
Notes
Let the Soul Roll On Pt. I (Dixie Drifter, The)(Part II an instrumental).
Born Enoch Hawthorne Gregory (13 December 1936 - April 2000) in Hertford, North…
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White "For the Archives Recording Co." scroll-logo label, record no. AR 1-68 A / B, "A Black River Production", Black River Music BMI; "Let the Soul Roll… #1111 Jaramago Ohio 1971 · Single · It Ain't Been Easy / Ohio · Markus # DM 3846 · USA
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Markus DM 3846-B, 45 rpm, green label; "Ohio" (N. Young), 3:45, BMI; "Trademark of DM Records 1971". [From the record sleeve and labels] #1112 Skeeter Davis One Tin Soldier 1971 · Single · One Tin Soldier / Rachel · RCA # 74-0608 · USA
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RCA 74-0608 (AWKM-1815), yellow label marked "Plug", mono, "Not for Sale"; "One Tin Soldier" (Dennis Lambert-Brian Potter), 3:18, intro :17, end: fade,… #1113 Coven One Tin Soldier, The Legend of Billy Jack 1971 · Single · One Tin Soldier, The Legend of Billy Jack / I Think You Always Knew (The Theme From Billy Jack · Warner Bros. # 7509 · USA
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Warner Bros. Records 7509, olive label with the Sunshine Snake sun logo, "Original Sound Track Music from the Motion Picture 'Billy Jack'", composed,… #1114 Nivert, Taffy & Bill Danoff Readjustment Blues 1971 · Album · Welcome to Fat City · Paramount # PAS 6028 · USA
#1115 John Denver Readjustment Blues 1971 · Album · Aerie · RCA Victor # LSP-4607 · USA
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John Denver, born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., in Roswell, New Mexico (31 December 1943), became a hugely successful country pop singer/songwriter in the early 1970s. Throughout his career he sold over 33 million records. He died in Monterey, California (12 October 1997).1 He covered… #1117 Rod McKuen Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes 1971 · Single · Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes / My Mother's Eyes · Warner Bros. # 7420 · USA
Credited on the record as Rod McKuen with The Stanyan Strings.
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Warner Bros. Records 7420 (NA18840), white "Promotion – Not for Sale" label; "Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes" (Rod McKuen), 2:49 (intro :09), Almo Music,… #1118 Rich Little The Rice Bowl 1971 · Single · The Draft / The Rice Bowl · Mercury # 73259 · USA
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Draft, The (Little, Rich) Rice Bowl (Little, Rich)
Comedy.
A-side: Nixon impression - he received a draft letter, from himself.
He went down to the draft…
Notes
Mercury 73259, white "Promotional Copy — Not for Sale" pressing, "Manufactured and distributed by Mercury Record Productions, Inc."; "The Draft", 3:18,… #1119 Robert Pete Williams Trouble Way Over in Vietnam 1971 · Compilation · President Johnson's Blues · Agram Blues # AB 2020 · Netherlands
#1120 Tidbits Vietnam 1971 · Single · Jean Harlow · Fly BUG # 12 · UK
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"Vietnam" Notes
Fly BUG 12 (BUG 12B), black label with the Fly insect logo, stereo, 45 r.p.m.; "1. Vietnam 2. Six O'Clock Blues" (1. Cliff 2. Casey, Soles), ℗ 1971 Island… #1121 Sid Linard Vietnam 1971 · Single · Behold the Voice of the People / Vietnam · Prestige Productions # PP71-127 · USA
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Prestige Productions PP71-127, stereo, 45 RPM, red label, vocal; Side One (10439A): "Behold the Voice of the People" (J. Bowers – F. Winters), Johnny… #1122 Cheech and Chong Vietnam 1971 · Album · Cheech and Chong · Ode # SP 77010 · USA
#1123 J.F. Murphy and Free Flowing Salt Waiting Hymn of the Republic 1971 · Album · Almost Home · MGM # SE-4708 · USA
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Waiting Hymn of the Republic (Murphy, J.F.)1971. Anti-war. Man drafted, and killed in war. KIA.
Contemporary folk.
#1125 Matthews' Southern Comfort Woodstock 1971 · Single · Woodstock / Ballad of Obray Ramsey · Decca # 32774 · USA
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US Decca rainbow-stripe label 32774 (LN 7-1194), "Mfr'd by Decca Records, a division of MCA Inc., New York, U.S.A."; "Woodstock" (Joni Mitchell), 4:26,… #1126–1128 Various Artists Wer, wenn nicht wir, 2. Festival Des Politischen Liedes 1971 · Live · ETERNA # 8 15 060 · Germany
All 3 songs from this live in the archive are in this collection
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Recordings of events during the II. Festival of Political Song 7th to 13th February 1971 in BerlinGerman Democratic Republic (GDR)
Que il nostro Vietnam /…
#1126 Der Hügel der zehn Helden [The Hill of Ten Heroes] #1127 Que il nostro Vietnam / Was ist unser Vietnam [What Is Our Vietnam] #1128 Vietnams Geschütze [Vietnam Guns]
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#1126 Gruppe Thanh-nien-Ho Chi Minh Der Hügel der zehn Helden [The Hill of Ten Heroes] 1971 · Live · Wer, wenn nicht wir, 2. Festival Des Politischen Liedes · ETERNA # 8 15 060 · Germany
Credited on the record as Gruppe Thanh-nien-Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
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Recordings of events during the II. Festival of Political Song 7th to 13th February 1971 in BerlinGerman Democratic Republic (GDR)
Que il nostro Vietnam /…
#1127 Gruppe Il Contemporaneo Que il nostro Vietnam / Was ist unser Vietnam [What Is Our Vietnam] 1971 · Live · Wer, wenn nicht wir, 2. Festival Des Politischen Liedes · ETERNA # 8 15 060 · Germany
Credited on the record as Gruppe Il Contemporaneo, Italien.
Notes
Recordings of events during the II. Festival of Political Song 7th to 13th February 1971 in BerlinGerman Democratic Republic (GDR)
Que il nostro Vietnam /…
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Also known as Il ContemporaneoETERNA 8 15 060 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP; live recordings from the 2. Festival des politischen Liedes,…
#1128 Oktober-Klub Vietnams Geschütze [Vietnam Guns] 1971 · Live · Wer, wenn nicht wir, 2. Festival Des Politischen Liedes · ETERNA # 8 15 060 · Germany
Credited on the record as Brigitte und Ilona, Oktober-Klub Berlin.
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Performed by Brigitte Norman and Ilona Wagemann - members of Oktober-KlubETERNA 8 15 060 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP; live recordings…
#1129 The Fourth Room Vote 1971 · Single · Vote / You Better Do Right · McQ # 1100 · USA
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Expansion of the franchse for the 1972 election for 18 year olds McQ MCQ 1100 (McQ 1100 A), 45 RPM stereo; "Vote" (Ed Labunski), 3:14, Bunko Music, ASCAP;… #1130 Gene Marshall What's Wrong With America 1971 · Single · What's Wrong With America / Please Let Our Love Grow · Preview # 1999 · USA
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- "What's Wrong With America"- Label: Preview Records # 1999
- Songwriter: Clarence Hardem
- Traditional pop, song poem
- Drugs, hippies, demonstrations,…
#1131 Myriad Cruel War 1971 · Single · Life Won't Be the Same / Cruel War · AT # 815N-5001 · Australia
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Contemporary folk duo, based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, also known as Carrl & Janie Myriad, released this anti-war single. The b-side was of course a cover of the famous Peter, Paul and Mary song "Cruel War" about the plight of a soldier and his sweetheart, which leans towards the…Notes
B side; cover of the Peter, Paul and Mary song. AT 815N-5001 (Pepamar, ASCAP; matrix A4KM-2443), pressed by RCA, Indianapolis; time 3:04. AT 815N-5001,… #1132 Gill Roberts No! No! I Just Can't Go 1971 · Single · No! No! I Just Can't Go / Wendy · War # CAPD/ 101 · Australia
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The song "No! No! I Just Can't Go" (War # CAPD/ 101), from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia-based artist - the narrator expressed reluctance to go to war, as he wants to look after his son.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Label: Evan Jones (Aust. comp.), arranged by Chris Marshall, engineer Graham Owens; time 2.50. War CAPD/ 101, side A, green label with the WAR logo drawn… #1133 Myriad Life Won't Be the Same 1971 · Single · Life Won't Be the Same / Cruel War · AT # 815N-5001 · Australia
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Contemporary folk duo, based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, also known as Carrl & Janie Myriad, released this anti-war single. The b-side was of course a cover of the famous Peter, Paul and Mary song "Cruel War" about the plight of a soldier and his sweetheart, which leans towards the…Notes
A side; the death of a man, from his sister's view — the war is not named. AT 815N-5001. #1134 Fickteatern Vem Bombar I Kambodja 1971 · Album · Allt växer till det hejdas... · MNW # MNWL-16P · Sweden
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Swedish anti-war, anti-imperialist album. Many reference to Vietnam and 6os/70s Cold War issues. "Vi valde inte våldet" ( "We Chose Not Violence" ) "Vem bombar i Kambodja" ( "Who Bomb In Cambodia" ) - need song. "En vietnamesisk bonde" ( "A Vietnamese Farmer" ) - need song. "an…
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Full title 'Allt Växer Till Det Hejdas...Sånger Med Fickteatern'. Cat# Musicians: Bengt Berger (drums, congas), Gunnar Edander (organ, zither, vocals),… #1135 Fickteatern En Vietnamesisk Bonde 1971 · Album · Allt växer till det hejdas... · MNW # MNWL-16P · Sweden
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Full title 'Allt Växer Till Det Hejdas...Sånger Med Fickteatern'. Cat# Musicians: Bengt Berger (drums, congas), Gunnar Edander (organ, zither, vocals),… #1152–1154 Canzoniere Il Contemporaneo Zeitgenossen 1971 · Album · pläne # S 88 101 · Italy
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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#1152 Canzoniere Il Contemporaneo Drink americano 1971 · Album · Zeitgenossen · pläne # S 88 101 · Italy
Credited on the record as Il Contemporaneo.
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Pläne S 88 101, "serie SIEG No. 1", recorded in West Berlin, with an 8-page German lyric booklet; 1971 (Meschiari, 2003). Track A7. Satire on American… #1153 Canzoniere Il Contemporaneo Io non sono 1971 · Album · Zeitgenossen · pläne # S 88 101 · Italy
Credited on the record as Il Contemporaneo.
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Pläne S 88 101, "serie SIEG No. 1", recorded in West Berlin, with an 8-page German lyric booklet; ildeposito and Meschiari (2003) give 1971. Track A4.… #1154 Canzoniere Il Contemporaneo Questo è il nostro Vietnam 1971 · Album · Zeitgenossen · pläne # S 88 101 · Italy
Credited on the record as Il Contemporaneo.
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Pläne S 88 101, "serie SIEG No. 1", recorded in West Berlin, with an 8-page German lyric booklet; 1971 (Meschiari, 2003). Track B5. The group's own studio… #1155 The Soul Full Garner Singers When This War Is Over 1971 · Single · When This War Is Over / I Can't Hold My Peace · Public # APP-V-A5 · USA
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Pressed by Precision Record Pressing, Inc. Label matrix: PRP-31311 (A) / PRP-31312 (B). #1156 Dick Gregory Write the History of Kent State (The Shot Heard Around the World) 1971 · Live · Dick Gregory at Kent State · Poppy # PYS 5600 · USA
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Dick Gregory - an American comedian and social activist, who in 1968 ran for president for the Freedom and Peace Party. He was born 12 October 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, and died 19 August 2017 in Washington, DC, USA.12 He released a bunch of political comedy and spoken-word…Notes
2LP recorded at Kent State University; distributed by United Artists; design Milton Glaser (Push Pin Studios); producers Dennis and Kevin Eggers; engineer… #1157 Genesis The Knife (Part 2) 1971 · Single · The Knife / The Knife (Part 2) · Charisma # CB 152 · UK
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"In the final verse, the action moves to the campus of Kent State. As the student protesters chant, "we are only wanting freedom," the National Guardsmen plot out their attack. "OK, men," you hear as sirens blare in the background. "Fire over their heads." (That exact command was heard by…Notes
Charisma CB 152, May 1971; written by Genesis; producer John Anthony; publishers Stratsong / Carlin. A-side "The Knife" (from Trespass). #1158 Stephen Stills Relaxing Town 1971 · Single · Change Partners / Relaxing Town · Atlantic # 45-2806 · USA
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Stephen Stills, singer/songwriter born on 3 January 1945 in Dallas, Texas, USA, and currently based in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a member of Buffalo Springfield, composing and singing the famous anti-war song "For What It's Worth", originally released as a single (ATCO Records…Notes
B-side of the US 7" "Change Partners" (Atlantic 45-2806, 1971); also side B track 1 of the album Stephen Stills 2 (Atlantic SD 7206, July 1971). Written… #1159 Randy Burns The Streets of Montreal 1971 · Album · Randy Burns and the Sky Dog Band · Mercury # SR 61329 · USA
Credited on the record as Randy Burns And The Sky Dog Band.
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Mercury SR 61329, stereo LP; producer Barry Seidel; published by Maltese Music and Ragmar Music (BMI). Also issued in the UK (6338 060) and Canada. #1160 Leen en Jaak Van Massenhove Little Mother of Vietnam 1971 · Single · Little Mother of Vietnam / Anne Franck, je grote tocht · Foon # 34.740 · Belgium
Credited on the record as Leen En Jaak Van Massenhove.
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Little Mother of Vietnam- Unicef children's choir. Belgium
- Little Mother Of Vietnam is track A2, sung by Leen en Jaak Van Massenhove. All three tracks…
#1161 Khánh Ly Hát cho quê hương Việt Nam 1971 · Album · Vietnam
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Cassette; 1971; Vietnam. [From Rate Your Music] #1162 Coldwater Army Peace 1971 · Album · Agape # AS 2600 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. Back of LP: "Dedicated to David M. Allen-Killed in Vietnam October 10, 1970" Civil rights, hippie. Generic peace… #1163 Timber Bring America Home 1971 · Single · Bring America Home / Splinters From Timber · Elektra # EKS-45737 · USA
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Generic protest, reference to war. Tough economic times. Blues rock [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #1164–1167 Don Daly Matilda 1971 · Album · Matilda's Child # 710820 · USA
All 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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#1164 Don Daly Ho Chi 1971 · Album · Matilda · Matilda's Child # 710820 · USA
Credited on the record as Matilda.
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Matilda's Child Records 710820, LP, 1971, by the band Matilda (Don Daly guitar and vocals, Joel Binger percussion); this is track A5; the LP's other war… #1165 Don Daly Bombs Away 1971 · Album · Matilda · Matilda's Child # 710820 · USA
Credited on the record as Matilda.
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Track A1 of the LP Matilda (Matilda's Child 710820, 1971); the LP's other war songs are A5 "Ho Chi", B3 "Red Light", B5 "Grass Will Cover All", also in… #1166 Don Daly Red Light 1971 · Album · Matilda · Matilda's Child # 710820 · USA
Credited on the record as Matilda.
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Track B3 of the LP Matilda (Matilda's Child 710820, 1971); the LP's other war songs are A1 "Bombs Away", A5 "Ho Chi", B5 "Grass Will Cover All", also in… #1167 Don Daly Grass Will Cover All 1971 · Album · Matilda · Matilda's Child # 710820 · USA
Credited on the record as Matilda.
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Track B5 of the LP Matilda (Matilda's Child 710820, 1971); the LP's other war songs are A1 "Bombs Away", A5 "Ho Chi", B3 "Red Light", also in the archive.…1972
- 10 March: 101st Airbourne division withdrawn from Vietnam
- March: North Vietnamese launch Eastertide Offensive
- 4 April: "Freedom Train" begins - major US bombing of North Vietnam
- 15 April: US Bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong harbour
- 9 May: Beginning of Operation Linebacker: mass bombing of North Vietnam
- 22 May: Nixon meets Brezhnev in Russia
- 17 June: Watergate break-in
- 14 July: George McGovern becomes Democratic presidential nominee
- 7 November: Richard Nixon re-elected US president
- 23 August: Last US combat troops leave Vietnam
- 18 December: Operation Linebacker II ("Christmas Bombings")
1972
#1168–1333 Various Artists Carry It On 1972 · Album · Vanguard # VSD-79313 · USA
All 6 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
As discussed above, Joan Baez played an active and important role in the 1960s/70s protest and civil rights movement. She was born on Staten Island, New York, on 9 January 1941. Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico, and she has spoken of identifying with the Mexican-American community.1… #1168 Carry It On #1320 Idols and Heroes #1321 In Forty Days #1323 Joe Hill #1325 Life Is Sacred #1333 We Shall Overcome
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#1168 Joan Baez Carry It On 1972 · Album · Vanguard # VSD-79313 · USA
Annotation
As discussed above, Joan Baez played an active and important role in the 1960s/70s protest and civil rights movement. She was born on Staten Island, New York, on 9 January 1941. Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico, and she has spoken of identifying with the Mexican-American community.1… #1320 Joan Baez and David Harris Idols and Heroes 1972 · Album · Carry It On · Vanguard # VSD-79313 · USA
#1321 Joan Baez and David Harris In Forty Days 1972 · Album · Carry It On · Vanguard # VSD-79313 · USA
#1323 Joan Baez Joe Hill 1972 · Album · Carry It On · Vanguard # VSD-79313 · USA
Annotation
As discussed above, Joan Baez played an active and important role in the 1960s/70s protest and civil rights movement. She was born on Staten Island, New York, on 9 January 1941. Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico, and she has spoken of identifying with the Mexican-American community.1… #1325 David Harris Life Is Sacred 1972 · Album · Carry It On · Vanguard # VSD-79313 · USA
#1333 Joan Baez We Shall Overcome 1972 · Album · Carry It On · Vanguard # VSD-79313 · USA
Annotation
As discussed above, Joan Baez played an active and important role in the 1960s/70s protest and civil rights movement. She was born on Staten Island, New York, on 9 January 1941. Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico, and she has spoken of identifying with the Mexican-American community.1… #1169 Yoko Ono Now or Never 1972 · Single · Now or Never / Move on Fast · Apple # 1853 · USA
Annotation
The picture sleeve of the single "Now or Never" (Apple Records # 1853) featured a photo of the well-known and horrific photo of the My Lai massacre, taken by the US army photographer Ronald L. Haeberle, which must be one the most graphic images to appear on a Vietnam War single / album… #1170–1182 The Covered Wagon Musicians We Say No to Your War! 1972 · Album · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
All 13 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
Another GI movement anti-war record (Paredon Records # P-1015), released on the label founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber - all the songs were written and sung by active-duty GIs at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The group, formed in the spring of 1971, started their own… #1170 Napalm Sticks to Kids #1171 Bring Our Brothers Home #1172 We Say No to Your War #1173 The Rodeway Nine #1174 Children of the Delta #1175 Mathematics (spoken) #1176 Mathematics (sung) #1177 My Pledge, My Vow #1178 Phantom Jets are Coming #1179 Rattlesnake Junction #1180 Silver Bird #1181 Spring Conscience #1182 The People's Thank You
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#1170 The Covered Wagon Musicians Napalm Sticks to Kids 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Credited on the record as Sgt. John Boychuk.
Annotation
Another GI movement anti-war record (Paredon Records # P-1015), released on the label founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber - all the songs were written and sung by active-duty GIs at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The group, formed in the spring of 1971, started their own…Notes
Paredon P-1015; the front cover reads "Songs written and sung by the Covered Wagon Musicians, active-duty Air Force people, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho" over… #1171 The Covered Wagon Musicians Bring Our Brothers Home 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation
The song "Bring Our Brothers Home" , which pleaded with President Richard Nixon to end the conflict, and it criticised the government's claim that the war protected people's freedom. Words and music by George Herkert.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Paredon P-1015; the front cover reads "Songs written and sung by the Covered Wagon Musicians, active-duty Air Force people, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho" over… #1172 The Covered Wagon Musicians We Say No to Your War 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation
The song "We Say No to Your War" recalled the group marching from Mountain Home AFB to Boise, Idaho, in August 1971 to mark the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As suggested by the title, it stated its opposition to Vietnam. Note the reference to napalm and Nixon.Annot…
Notes
Paredon P-1015; the front cover reads "Songs written and sung by the Covered Wagon Musicians, active-duty Air Force people, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho" over… #1173 The Covered Wagon Musicians The Rodeway Nine 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation
The song "The Rodeway Nine" referenced the My Lai Massacre, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), and General Westmoreland. Composed by Mark Lane and Jim Shaffer, the record booklet said the following about this song: "outside the Rodeway Inn where the Boise Chamber of Commerce were honoring General…Notes
Paredon P-1015; the front cover reads "Songs written and sung by the Covered Wagon Musicians, active-duty Air Force people, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho" over… #1174 The Covered Wagon Musicians Children of the Delta 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1175 The Covered Wagon Musicians Mathematics (spoken) 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Credited on the record as Jim Schaffer.
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1176 The Covered Wagon Musicians Mathematics (sung) 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Credited on the record as Jim Schaffer.
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1177 The Covered Wagon Musicians My Pledge, My Vow 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1178 The Covered Wagon Musicians Phantom Jets are Coming 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1179 The Covered Wagon Musicians Rattlesnake Junction 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Credited on the record as Jim Schaffer.
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1180 The Covered Wagon Musicians Silver Bird 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1181 The Covered Wagon Musicians Spring Conscience 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1182 The Covered Wagon Musicians The People's Thank You 1972 · Album · We Say No to Your War! · Paredon # P-1015 · USA
Annotation: see “The Rodeway Nine” above (same release).
#1183 Mason Proffit Were You There 1972 · Album · Rockfish Crossing · Warner Bros. # BS 2657 · USA
Annotation
The country rock band Mason Proffit formed in 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana, led by The Talbot Brothers - John Michael Talbot and Terry Talbot. While their two previous records made the charts, this one failed commercially. The song "Were You There" (Warner Bros. Records # BS 2657)… #1184 Bloodrock Thank You Daniel Ellsberg 1972 · Single · Help Is on the Way / Thank You Daniel Ellsberg · Capitol # 3451 · USA
Annotation
Hard rock group, formed in 1969 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, they disbanded in 1975. The song "Thank You Daniel Ellsberg" (Capitol Records # 3451), released on the 1972 album Passage (Capitol Records # SW-11109), of course praised Ellsberg as suggested in the title, whom they refer to… Notes
Capitol 3451 (S45-78890), ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, Inc.; "Thank You Daniel Ellsberg" (Cobb-Hill), intro :10, 3:12, Bloodrock Music, BMI; "Produced by Peter… #1185 Curtis Mayfield We Got to Have Peace 1972 · Single · We Got to Have Peace / Love to Keep You in My Mind · Curtom # CR 1968 · USA
Annotation
Mayfield released the song "We Got to Have Peace" (Curtom Records # CR 1968) on his own record label Curtom, which he founded with Eddie Thomas in 1967. It reached # 32 in the Billboard R&B chart on 4 March 1972.1 Like the The Impressions song "Don't Cry My Love", this also contained… Notes
Curtom CR 1968 (CR 1968 A), yellow "We're a Winner" label; "We Got to Have Peace" (Curtis Mayfield), 3:33, Curtom Pub., BMI, from the LP "Roots" CRS 8009;… #1186 The Impressions Stop the War 1972 · Album · Times Have Changed · Curtom # CRS 8012 · USA
Annotation
The track "Stop the War" (Curtom Records # CRS 8012) featured on this 1972 album, another Vietnam song by the Impressions, composed by Mayfield. As suggested by the title, this took a blatant anti-war perspective. The group sung that it is hard to fight the war "when we are wrong" . About… #1187 Terry Callier Ho Tsing Mee (A Song Of The Sun) 1972 · Album · What Color Is Love · Cadet # CA 50019 · USA
Annotation
Terry Callier released the genre crossing album What Color is Love (Cadet Records # CA 50019) in 1972, a fusion of soul, jazz, blues, and folk. Produced by Charles Stepney of the Chess / Cadet labels, he developed a psychedelic orchestral soul sound, employed on this album. There is a… #1188 Lou Rawls The Politician 1972 · Single · Walk on In / The Politician · MGM # K 14428 · USA
Annotation
Lou Rawls, born in Chicago, Illinois (1 December 1933), he grew up on Chicago's South Side. Son of a minister, he started out as a gospel singer, featuring in the group the The Highway QC's (1951-53). He had a teenage association with Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, and The Dells. In the… Notes
MGM Records K 14428 (72 L 4101); "The Politician" (Mac Davis), Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc., BMI, 3:13; "From the forthcoming MGM Album SE 4861 'A Man… #1189 Ernie Hines Our Generation 1972 · Album · Electrified · We Produce # XPS-1902 · USA
Annotation
Ernie Hines, a southern soul singer born in Mississippi in 1938, started out in the gospel field. He moved to Chicago, were he played his songs with an electric guitar and featured on local radio stations and Soul Train, a television program.1 He released the song "Our Generation" (We… #1190 The O'Jays Peace 1972 · Single · Don't You Know a True Love / Peace · Astroscope # AS-110 · USA
Credited on the record as Ojay's.
Annotation
From Canton, Ohio, the group formed in 1958, with all the original members still teenagers at school, under the age of seventeen. The core of the group featured Eddie Levert (vocals - born Bessemer, Alabama) and Walter Williams (vocals - born in Canton, OH). Also in the group at various… Notes
Astroscope AS-110B (AS-112), label with zodiac sign names round the rim; "Peace" (Bradford Craig, H. B. Barnum), time 4:55, Hidle, BMI; credited to… #1191 Parliament Come in Out of the Rain 1972 · Single · Come in Out of the Rain / Little Ole Country Boy · Invictus # IS-9123 · USA
Annotation
The song "Come in Out of the Rain" (Invictus # 9123), the first of several Vietnam songs by George Clinton - with Funkadelic he released March to the Witch's Castle (1973) and The Electric Spanking of War Babies (1981). This track looked at the contradictions between the statements of…Notes
Label credits 'C. Wilson, R. Copeland'; produced by George Clinton and Ruth Copeland. Label text: 'Produced & Mixed for Greater & Sharper Sound… #1192 Gil Scott-Heron Did You Hear What They Said? 1972 · Album · Free Will · Flying Dutchman # FD-10153 · USA
Annotation
In the song "Did You Hear What They Said?" , released on Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman label (# FD-10153), Scott-Heron focused on the impact of the war on the families of soldiers fighting the war. The narrator told of hearing about a soldier "shot in his head" , and that someone said it was… #1193 Champion Jack Dupree Vietnam Blues 1972 · Album · Legacy of the Blues, Vol. 3 · Sonet # SNTF 626 · UK
Annotation
Champion Jack Dupree - born William Thomas Dupree (c.1910-1992) in New Orleans, he played blues piano in the boogie-woogie style, mainly based in Chicago, Illinois. He lived in London and worked in Europe through most of the 1960s. He sung about drugs, drink, and jail, as well as writing… #1194 Champion Jack Dupree Vietnam Blues (Alt. Take) 1972 · Album · Legacy of the Blues, Vol. 3 · Sonet # SNTF 626 · UK
Annotation: see “Vietnam Blues” above (same release).
#1195 The Last Poets Hands Off 1972 · Album · Chastisment · Blue Thumb # BTS 39 · USA
Annotation
Artist background
Formed on 19 May 1968, the anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, The Last Poets pioneered jazz poetry with social and political raps and rhythms, paving the way for the emergence of hip-hop. The collective, based in Harlem, New York, had several line-ups. Their debut… #1196 The Last Poets Black Soldier 1972 · Album · Chastisment · Blue Thumb # BTS 39 · USA
Annotation
Artist background
Formed on 19 May 1968, the anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, The Last Poets pioneered jazz poetry with social and political raps and rhythms, paving the way for the emergence of hip-hop. The collective, based in Harlem, New York, had several line-ups. Their debut… #1197 Don Sanders Kent State 1972 · Album · Don Sanders · Not On Label · USA
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Don Sanders, a singer-songwriter, focused his career in the Houston, Texas contemporary folk scene.12 In 1972 he recorded and released the song "Kent State History Play" (No label or #) at the H&S Studios, Houston, engineered by Rock Romano.3 In 2011 he reissued his 1970s vinyls on the… #1198 Harvey Andrews Hey Sandy 1972 · Single · Hey! Sandy / Friends of Mine · Cube Hifly # 2016 033 · UK
Annotation
Harvey Andrews, from Birmingham, UK, addressed the song "Hey Sandy" (Cube Records # 2016 065) to Sandra Lee Scheuer, one of the students killed by Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent State. It featured on the 1972 album Writer of Songs (Cube Records # Hifly 10). Harvey said that "I actually…Notes
2016 033, Side 1, stereo, brown-and-cream label; "Hey Sandy" (Harvey Andrews), 4.20, Essex; produced by John Worth; "From the forth-coming album 'Writer… #1199 Dave Brubeck Truth Is Fallen 1972 · Album · Atlantic # SD 16060 · USA
Annotation
In the linear notes of this album (Atlantic # SD 16060), Brubeck said that "this music is dedicated to the slain students of Kent University and Mississippi State, and all other innocent victims caught in the cross-fire between repression and rebellion".12 The album cover depicted dead,…Notes
Linear notes said "this music is dedicated to the slain students of Kent University and Mississippi State, and all other innocent victims caught in the… #1200 David Peel & The Lower East Side The Chicago Conspiracy 1972 · Album · The Pope Smokes Dope · Apple # SW 3391 · USA
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Psychedelic folk rock group formed in New York City, USA, featuring David Peel, Harold Black, Billy Jo White, Larry Adams. Led by David Peel, born as Angel Perez, to Puerto Rican parents on 1 August 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and died 6 April 2017 in Manhattan, New York, USA, was… #1201 Larry Norman Peace, Pollution, Revolution 1972 · Single · Righteous Rocker, Holy Roller / Peace, Pollution, Revolution · MGM # 2006 105 · USA
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Christian rock artist, born 8 April 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, died 24 February 2008 in Salem, Oregon, USA, released the song "Peace, Pollution, Revolution" (MGM Records # 2006 105), an anti-war song with religious content, which noted some prominent demonstrations, with the… #1202–1204 Various Artists Songs That Made American Famous 1972 · Album · Adelphi # AD4101 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
This album contained a few reference to the Vietnam conflict, taking a satire approach to politics. The song "Under All Flags" mocked President Richard Nixon, patriotism (with regards to the flag), and the ongoing conflict: "oh Vietnam is the kind of sham that Nixon gets his kicks… Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#1202 Patrick Sky feat. Dave Van Ronk Luang Prabang 1972 · Album · Songs That Made American Famous · Adelphi # AD4101 · USA
Annotation
This album contained a few reference to the Vietnam conflict, taking a satire approach to politics. The song "Under All Flags" mocked President Richard Nixon, patriotism (with regards to the flag), and the ongoing conflict: "oh Vietnam is the kind of sham that Nixon gets his kicks… #1203 Patrick Sky Fight For Liberation 1972 · Album · Songs That Made American Famous · Adelphi # AD4101 · USA
Annotation: see “Luang Prabang” above (same release).
#1204 Patrick Sky Under All Flags 1972 · Album · Songs That Made American Famous · Adelphi # AD4101 · USA
Annotation: see “Luang Prabang” above (same release).
#1205–1208 Denny Guy Denny Guy 1972 · Album · Daybreak # DR 2008 · USA
All 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
The song "My Lai Lad" (Daybreak Records # DR 2008) displayed sympathy with Calley, portraying him as a scapegoat, which somewhat conflicts with other songs on the album, which largely promoted peace. Denny Guy, a singer/songwriter born in Nebraska, based his career in Hawaii. This debut… Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#1205 Denny Guy My Lai Lad 1972 · Album · Denny Guy · Daybreak # DR 2008 · USA
Annotation
The song "My Lai Lad" (Daybreak Records # DR 2008) displayed sympathy with Calley, portraying him as a scapegoat, which somewhat conflicts with other songs on the album, which largely promoted peace. Denny Guy, a singer/songwriter born in Nebraska, based his career in Hawaii. This debut… #1206 Denny Guy Country Ballad 1972 · Album · Denny Guy · Daybreak # DR 2008 · USA
Annotation: see “My Lai Lad” above (same release).
#1207 Denny Guy Marching Song 1972 · Album · Denny Guy · Daybreak # DR 2008 · USA
Annotation: see “My Lai Lad” above (same release).
#1208 Denny Guy The Trouble Maker 1972 · Album · Denny Guy · Daybreak # DR 2008 · USA
Annotation: see “My Lai Lad” above (same release).
#1209 Tex Morton & Sister Dorrie The Widow Next Door 1972 · Single · I Like Country Music / The Widow Next Door · RCA Victor # 102109 · Australia
Annotation
Country music collaboration, featuring the well-known Tex Morton, born Robert William Lane on 30 August 1916 in Nelson, New Zealand. He died 23 July 1983 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.1 He released several records under the nickname The Yodelling Boundary Rider. Sister Dorrie, born Dorothy… #1210 Knutna Nävar Hallå Där Bonde 1972 · EP · Vi Slåss För Vår Framtid · Ungkommunistens Förlag # ML 272 · Sweden
Annotation
The track "Hallå där bonde" , released in 1972, took an anti-imperialist position, suggesting that the Americans took the place of the French in Vietnam - the former colonial rulers. Knutna Nävar came from Sweden, part of the Swedish Communist Party, and the progressive folk movement.Annot…
#1211–1223 Meripioneerit Vietnamin linnut 1972 · Album · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
All 13 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
The song "Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset" ( "The Achievements of Western Military Science" ) looked at the weapons used to kill in war, critical of the USA's use of science and power: "we know the gas... being spread into the villages far away... They are a gift to us... from ingoistic… #1211 Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut #1212 Kuka murhasi Vietnamin linnut? #1213 Lähtekää jo, amerikkalaiset #1214 Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset #1215 Lenin-setä asuu Venäjällä #1216 Me haluamme elää tässä maassa #1217 Mustan sotamiehen laulu #1218 Niitä tuli taivaan täydeltä #1219 Oli kerran pikkuinen poika #1220 Presidentti Barrientosin juhannustanssit #1221 Sinä kysyt, ystävä, miksi #1222 Tarina pikku sankarista #1223 Vala
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#1211 Meripioneerit Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation
The song "Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut" ("Sleeping Vietnamese Birds") is on the album Vietnamin linnut ("Vietnamese Birds", Love Records # LRLP 63), on which every song is Vietnam-related.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Album Vietnamin linnut ("Vietnamese Birds"; front cover with images of doves); all songs on the album are Vietnam-related. Track list: A1 Lenin-setä asuu… #1212 Meripioneerit Kuka murhasi Vietnamin linnut? 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut” above (same release).
#1213 Meripioneerit Lähtekää jo, amerikkalaiset 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation
The song "Lähtekää jo, amerikkalaiset" ("Leave Already, Americans") is on the album Vietnamin linnut ("Vietnamese Birds", Love Records # LRLP 63), on which every song is Vietnam-related.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation: see “Nukkuvat Vietnamin linnut” above (same release).
#1214 Meripioneerit Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation
The song "Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset" ( "The Achievements of Western Military Science" ) looked at the weapons used to kill in war, critical of the USA's use of science and power: "we know the gas... being spread into the villages far away... They are a gift to us... from ingoistic… Notes
Finnish Folk Pop group Meripioneerit, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with… #1215 Meripioneerit Lenin-setä asuu Venäjällä 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1216 Meripioneerit Me haluamme elää tässä maassa 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1217 Meripioneerit Mustan sotamiehen laulu 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1218 Meripioneerit Niitä tuli taivaan täydeltä 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1219 Meripioneerit Oli kerran pikkuinen poika 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1220 Meripioneerit Presidentti Barrientosin juhannustanssit 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1221 Meripioneerit Sinä kysyt, ystävä, miksi 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1222 Meripioneerit Tarina pikku sankarista 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1223 Meripioneerit Vala 1972 · Album · Vietnamin linnut · Love # LRLP 63 · Finland
Annotation: see “Länsimaisen sotatieteen saavutukset” above (same release).
#1224 Agit-Prop Vietnamissa, Vietnamissa 1972 · Album · Agit-propin kvartetti laulaa työväenlauluja · Love # LRLP-61 · Finland
Annotation
Agit-Prop - another Finnish Folk Pop group, influenced by the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement which developed in Latin America in the 1960s, usually with leftist political and social messages. Formed in 1970, in Helsinki, Finland, it featured Pekka Aarnio (vocals), Monna Kamu… #1225 Eva Kostolányiová Pieseň o Vietname 1972 · Single · Angela / Uspávanka matky z My Lai · Opus [Bratislava] # 90 33 0053 · Slovakia
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Eva Kostolányiová, a Slovak singer, dancer, actor, born on 02 November 1942 in Trnava Region, "Slovak Republic" (1939 - 1945) (then occupied by Nazi Germany, thus a satellite state), and died on 03 October 1975, in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia - both these location are now in the… #1226–1237 Francesca Solleville Poèmes vietnamiens 1972 · Album · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
All 12 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
Chanson artist, born on 2 March 1932 in Périgueux, France.. As the title displays, this was a Vietnam War themed-LP, with 12 songs. The title track "Être mère au Vietnam" ( "Being a mother in Vietnam" ) makes a comparison between mothers in Vietnam, "teaching them to go down in the trenches" … #1226 Être mère au Vietnam [Being a Mother in Vietnam] #1227 Le sud [The South] #1228 Chant pour Nguyen Van Troi [Song for Nguyen Van Troi] #1229 Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh [Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh] #1230 La kaki [Khaki] #1231 Le peuple ne cesse de grandir [The People Keep Growing] #1232 Les balles de la civilisation [Bullets of Civilization] #1233 Les hors-la-loi internationaux [International Outlaws] #1234 Les pleurs d'un petit enfant, la nuit... [The Cries of a Small Child at Night...] #1235 Lettre à mon amie [Letter to My Friend] #1236 Oh, mère, tu élèves ton fils... [Oh, Mother, You Raise Your Son...] #1237 Serment [Oath]
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#1226 Francesca Solleville Être mère au Vietnam [Being a Mother in Vietnam] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation
Chanson artist, born on 2 March 1932 in Périgueux, France.. As the title displays, this was a Vietnam War themed-LP, with 12 songs. The title track "Être mère au Vietnam" ( "Being a mother in Vietnam" ) makes a comparison between mothers in Vietnam, "teaching them to go down in the trenches" … #1227 Francesca Solleville Le sud [The South] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation
Another song to highlight on this album is the song "Le sud" ( "The South" ) which looks at the North Vietnam perspective of freeing the south from the US, "be proud in the front line against the US, you hold on, land of the South" .Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#1228 Francesca Solleville Chant pour Nguyen Van Troi [Song for Nguyen Van Troi] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1229 Francesca Solleville Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh [Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1230 Francesca Solleville La kaki [Khaki] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1231 Francesca Solleville Le peuple ne cesse de grandir [The People Keep Growing] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1232 Francesca Solleville Les balles de la civilisation [Bullets of Civilization] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1233 Francesca Solleville Les hors-la-loi internationaux [International Outlaws] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1234 Francesca Solleville Les pleurs d'un petit enfant, la nuit... [The Cries of a Small Child at Night...] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1235 Francesca Solleville Lettre à mon amie [Letter to My Friend] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1236 Francesca Solleville Oh, mère, tu élèves ton fils... [Oh, Mother, You Raise Your Son...] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1237 Francesca Solleville Serment [Oath] 1972 · Album · Poèmes vietnamiens · Combat pour la Paix # 1001 · France
Annotation: see “Le sud [The South]” above (same release).
#1238 De Elegasten Chili-Vietnam-Israel 1972 · Single · Chili-Vietnam-Israel / Kermis in de hel · Cardinal [Belgium] # C 3306 · Belgium
Annotation
Contemporary folk group, associated with Kleinkunst - "Dutch-language genre from the Netherlands and Flanders with influences from Cabaret, protest songs, Chanson, and folk". Group formed in 1967 in Belgium. Disbanded 12 July 1976. It featured Ivan Poppe, Paul Poppe, Ray Poppe, Riet… #1239 Alí Primera Mujer del Vietnam 1972 · Album · De Una Vez · pläne # S 88 106 · Germany
Credited on the record as Ali Primera.
Annotation
The song "Mujer Del Vietnam" ( "Women of Vietnam" ) (Pläne # S 88 106), released in 1972 by Venezuelan singer Ali Primera, born 31 October 1941 in Coro, Falcón, Venezuela, and died 16 February 1985 in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. He was part of the Nueva canción latinoamericana… Notes
Pläne S 88 106, stereo, "Serie Sieg 6", Verlag "pläne" GmbH, 46 Dortmund, Ruhrallee 62; back sleeve headed "Ali Primera — Lieder der Dritten Welt — Für… #1240 Raphy Leavitt Soldado 1972 · Album · Mi barrio · Borinquen # DG 1221 · Puerto Rico
Annotation
The song "Soldado" ( "Soldier" ) (Borinquen # DG 1221) by Raphy Leavitt, born 17 September 1948, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he moved to the US, and died on 5 August 2015, in Miami, Florida. This is in the Salsa genre, derived from Cuban Son and developed in places such as Colombia,… Notes
Borinquen DG-1221, compatible stereo, "Mi Barrio", Raphy Leavitt y su Orquesta La Selecta; canta: Sammy Marrero; arr. Raphy Leavitt; Lado B track 1:… #1241 Royal Jesters Sing a Song for Peace 1972 · Single · Sing a Song for Peace / Manning Ave · Optimum # OP-106 · USA
Annotation
From San Antonio, Texas, USA, the Royal Jesters were a Mexican-American group combining doo-wop, pop, and soul, led by Oscar Lawson and Henry Hernandez, which they founded when in high school at the age of 15. They later founded the record label Optimum Records in San Antonio, to release… Notes
Optimum Records OP-106-A, 162 Marlena Dr., San Antonio, Tex.; "Sing a Song for Peace" (Al Garcia), Neptune Music, 2:59; Royal Jesters, violins by Tieber… #1242 Malo Peace 1972 · Single · Cafe / Peace · Warner Bros. # WB 7605 · USA
Annotation
Latin rock group Malo formed in San Francisco, California, USA in 1974. They disbanded in 1974. The originally line-up consisted of several Mexican-Americans, such as Arcelio Garcia (percussion, vocals), and Jorge Santana (guitar, vocals) (also a member of Santana with his brother Carlos…Notes
Warner Bros. Records WB 7605 (PCA0693)S, white "Promotion - Not for Sale" label; "Peace" (A. Garcia - P. Tellez - A. Zarate - I. Versoza), 3:39, intro… #1243 Älgarna Crowned King 1972 · Single · Crowned King / Where Do You Get Your Love · Habima # HS7027 · Sweden
#1244 Edwin Starr Who Is the Leader of the People 1972 · Single · Who Is the Leader of the People / Don't Tell Me I'm Crazy · Soul # S 35100 · USA
Notes
Soul protest against politicians, 1972 election, Vietnam-eraNotes
Producers and arrangers: Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses; horns arranged by David Van DePitte. Published by Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP). Label: Side A (c)… #1245 Neil Young War Song 1972 · Single · War Song / The Needle and the Damage Done · Reprise # REP 1099 · USA
Credited on the record as Neil Young And Graham Nash With The Stray Gators.
Notes
War Song (Young, Neil & Graham Nash)Notes
War Song was originally exclusive to this single. Produced by Elliot Mazer, L.A. Johnson, Neil Young and Tim Mulligan. [From Discogs]Reached 61 on the…
#1246 Mary Travers Conscientious Objector (I Shall Die) 1972 · Album · Morning glory · Warner Bros. # BS 2609 · USA
Notes
"Conscientious Objector (I Shall Die)" (Warner Bros. Records # BS 2609)Anti-war, singer-songwriter.
#1247 Billy Watkins We Need to Be Governed by McGovern 1972 · Single · We Need to Be Governed by McGovern / We Need You to Register and Vote · Kinsman # BW 001 · USA
Notes
We Need to Be Governed by McGovern (Watkins, Billy)We Need You to Register and Vote (Watkins, Billy)
Soul. Los Angeles, CA. McGovern, anti-war.
A-side:…
Notes
Kinsman Enterprises, 6565 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028, stereo, 45 R.P.M., blue label with silver print; side 1 BW 001 "We Need to Be… #1248 Billy Watkins We Need You to Register and Vote 1972 · Single · We Need to Be Governed by McGovern / We Need You to Register and Vote · Kinsman # BW 001 · USA
Annotation: see “We Need to Be Governed by McGovern” above (same release).
#1249 Mustang The Power 18 1972 · Single · A&M # AM 8101 · USA
Notes
Power 18, The (Mustang)Pop rock.
Young people getting the vote, November 1972 election
Brother sent to war but could not vote in elections.
Narrator will use…
Notes
Promo 45: side A mono, side B stereo (8101-S). Produced by Clare Baren. Published by Grand Banque Publications. [From Discogs] #1250 John Lennon & Yoko Ono John Sinclair 1972 · Album · Some Time in New York City · Apple # SVBB 3392 · USA
Credited on the record as John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band With Elephant's Memory And Invisible Strings.
Notes
John SinclairNotes
John Sinclair, side two.A plea for the release of poet John Sinclair, serving ten years for two marijuana joints.
Produced by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and…
#1251 Emitt Rhodes Tame the Lion 1972 · Single · Tame the Lion / Golden Child of God · Dunhill # D-4315 · USA
Notes
Tame the LionFolk rock, anti-war
Children in Hanoi and Saigon suffering
USA out of control, having tasted blood
This war is evil
Notes
Also issued in the UK on Probe PRO 565 (1972). [From Discogs]Dunhill D-4315, promotional copy with "Tame the Lion" on both sides, mono (45-01575) and…
#1252 Bobby G. Griffith The Sound of Peace 1972 · Single · Sound of Peace / My Love, My Love · Ranwood # R-933 · USA
Notes
Pop rock - Vietnam-era peace songNotes
Produced by Bobby G. Griffith and The Jerry Toth Orchestra. Also issued in Canada as R 933X (1972), in Mexico on Discos Rex 45-448 (1972) and in the UK on… #1253 Neutral Spirits Flying 1972 · Album · Neutral Spirits · Regency # 101 · USA
Notes
Psychedelic garage rock. (Regency Records # 101)Flying (Neutral Spirits)
Anti-war. Reference to demonstrations in Washington, calls for end of war.
#1254 Jesse Colin Young Peace Song 1972 · Single · Peace Song / Good Times · Warner Bros. # WB 7581 · USA
Notes
"Peace Song" (Warner Bros. Records # WB 7581)Jesse Colin Young, New York born singer/songwriter.
General anti-war, does not mention any specific conflict.
Notes
Raccoon/Warner Bros. Records WB 7581 (PCA0114), Raccoon S 6, white "Promotion - Not for Sale" label with a raccoon drawing; "Peace Song" (Jesse Colin… #1255 Revolutionary Ensemble Vietnam 1 1972 · Album · Vietnam · ESP-Disk # 3007 · USA
Annotation
Notes
Jazz instrumental. Anti-war. Recorded 1972, Peace Church, Greenwhich Village1
Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#1256 Percy Mayfield Right on Young Americans 1972 · Single · Right on Young Americans / The Devil Made Me Do It · RCA Victor # 74-0650 · USA
Notes
Right On Young Americans (Mayfield, Percy)Soul/funk, protest.
Born Minden, Louisiana, USA (12 August 1920)
Died Los Angeles, California, USA (11 August 1984)
…
Notes
RCA 74-0650 (APKM-5705), "Plug – Mono – Not for Sale" promo; "Right On Young Americans" (Mayfield), from the "Blues - And Then Some" album, 2:50 with a… #1257 Gary Grande We've Got the Vote Now 1972 · Single · We've Got the Vote Now / You're Still His Woman · Jamie # 1401 · USA
Credited on the record as Gary Grande and the New Brass Revolution.
Notes
Jamie Records 1401 (J-GGR-1), red and black label marked "Plug Side", "Promotion Copy" and "Not For Sale"; "We've Got the Vote Now" (Gary Grande), 2:11,… #1258 Angels of Joy Mr. President 1972 · Single · Mr. President / Don't Let the Devil Fool You · Gospel Corner # GC-45-149 · USA
Notes
Mr. PresidentSoul / gospel - plea to the president, "don't need world war three".
Mothers crying across the world - how long?
Also says jobs are so hard to…
Notes
Gospel Corner Records GC-45-149. A promo/reissue pressing (Discogs 18322159) shows distribution by Kent Gospel Records, publisher Lil-Etta Music (BMI).… #1259 The Eight Minutes Time for a Change 1972 · Single · Oh Yes I Do / Time For A Change · Jay Pee # 125 · USA
Notes
7" 45 RPM mono. Conductor, Arranged By – Jim Porter; Producer – 'Jay Pee' (Jim Porter); Written-By – J. Porter. Recorded at P.S. Recording Studios.… #1260 Loyce Cotton Everybody Wants to Be the President 1972 · Single · Try It, You'll Like It / Everybody Wants to Be the President · Aquarius # 1003 · USA
Notes
Soul protest, Civil Rights, anti-warCan you stop the war and bring peace into the world?
Will you hear the cry of the ghetto?
Will you bring inflation under…
Notes
B-side.Label text: 'Prod. & Dist. By Pope Records'; 'Recorded At Nashville Sound, 9717 Jensen Dr., Houston, Tex. 77016'. Published by HouTex Pub. Co.…
#1261 Vic Carousel War Is Hell 1972 · Single · Hallelujah - George Wallace / War Is Hell · Golden # G-119 · USA
Notes
War Is Hell (Carousel, Vic)Notes
Golden Records of LA, P.O. Box 2544, Baton Rouge, La., cable "Ebb-Tide"; G-119, B side, "Another Golden Production"; "War Is Hell" (Ebb-Tide), 2:43, Dom… #1262 Marty Jensen Freedom's All We've Got 1972 · Single · Freedom's All We've Got / Bye Bye Baby · Sand # MJ-8784 · USA
Notes
Freedom's All We've Got (Jensen, Marty)Country, patriotic, anti-war. Greeley, Colorado, USA.
Sounds we are hear now will destroy freedom.
Such as busing,…
Notes
Sand Records, 1801 15th St., Greeley, Colorado 80631, cream label with a mountain design; MJ-8784A (18648), Side 1, stereo; "Freedom's All We've Got",… #1263 Carl Carlton The Generation Gap 1972 · Single · Where Have You Been (All of My Life) / The Generation Gap · Back Beat # 624 · USA
Notes
Soul, new generation, trying to be understood.Need better communication.
Generic 60s Vietnam-era
Notes
B-side credited 'D. Malone', produced by Jay Wellington. A-side by Sigler, Dozier, Hurtt, produced by Gene Dozier. Publishers: Assorted Music, Don Music… #1264 Bobby Scott I Was a Witness to a War 1972 · Single · Playboy # P 50011 · USA
Notes
I Was a Witness to a War (Scott, Bobby)Jazz / folk / traditional pop, anti-war
Soldier - didn't want to go to war
Soldier's wife - didn't want her husband…
Notes
An earlier UK single, Witness To A War, appeared on Reflection R.S. 2 in September 1970, written by Bobby Scott and Danny Meehan, with B-side I Wish I… #1265 Bread This Isn't What the Governmeant 1972 · Album · Baby I'm-A Want You · Elektra # EKS-75015 · USA
Notes
This Isn't What the GovernmeantNotes
This Isn't What the Governmeant. Produced by David Gates. [From Discogs and Wikipedia] #1266–1280 FNL-Grupperna Vietnam är nära 1972 · Album · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
All 15 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Notes
Swedish. Anti-war. Album of Vietnam songs - 15 in total.Befria Södern # BS-4
Vietnam Är Nära ( "Vietnam Is Near" )
En vietnamesisk bonde ( "A Vietnamese…
#1266 Vietnam är nära #1267 Avskedet #1268 Befria södern #1269 Befrielsemarsch #1270 En kamp på tusen slagfält #1271 En vietnamesisk bonde #1272 Haiphong #1273 Internationella brigadens sång #1274 Maktens män #1275 Militära mål #1276 Roten till det onda #1277 Sång om dammarna #1278 Vapenhandlarens sång #1279 Vid läsningen av Ett tusen poeters antologi #1280 Rag om den nordvietnamesiska invasionen
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#1266 FNL-Grupperna Vietnam är nära 1972 · Album · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Notes
Swedish. Anti-war. Album of Vietnam songs - 15 in total.Befria Södern # BS-4
Vietnam Är Nära ( "Vietnam Is Near" )
En vietnamesisk bonde ( "A Vietnamese…
Notes
LP sleeve "Vietnam är nära — sånger av De Förenade FNL-grupperna", Befria Södern BS 4 ("stereo — kan också spelas mono"); back cover "Med FNL för Vietnam".…
#1267 FNL-Grupperna Avskedet 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1268 FNL-Grupperna Befria södern 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1269 FNL-Grupperna Befrielsemarsch 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1270 FNL-Grupperna En kamp på tusen slagfält 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1271 FNL-Grupperna En vietnamesisk bonde 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1272 FNL-Grupperna Haiphong 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1273 FNL-Grupperna Internationella brigadens sång 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1274 FNL-Grupperna Maktens män 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1275 FNL-Grupperna Militära mål 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1276 FNL-Grupperna Roten till det onda 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1277 FNL-Grupperna Sång om dammarna 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1278 FNL-Grupperna Vapenhandlarens sång 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1279 FNL-Grupperna Vid läsningen av Ett tusen poeters antologi 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1280 FNL-Grupperna Rag om den nordvietnamesiska invasionen 1972 · Album · Vietnam är nära · Befria # BS-4 · Sweden
Annotation: see “Vietnam är nära” above (same release).
#1281 Hanne Haller Frühling in Vietnam 1972 · Single · An einem heißen Sommertag / Frühling in Vietnam · Elite Special # F 4102 · Germany
Notes
Frühling in Vietnam (Hanne Haller)Born 14 January 1950, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Died 15 November 2005, Tegernsee, Bayern, Germany
Notes
B side of her debut single (A: "An einem heißen Sommertag"); Roba-Musik; 4:12; the sleeve note presents the 22-year-old as Germany's newest… #1282–1335 Various Artists 3. Festival des Politischen Liedes 1972 · Album · ETERNA # 8 15 058 · Germany
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Notes
Live version of Quilapayún - Für VietnamRecordings of events during the 3rd Festival of Political Song.
German Democratic Republic (GDR)
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#1282 Gruppe vietnamesischer Studenten und Fria Proteatern Hymne der FNL 1972 · Compilation · 3. Festival des Politischen Liedes · ETERNA # 8 15 058 · Germany
Credited on the record as Various Artists.
Notes
Live version of Quilapayún - Für VietnamRecordings of events during the 3rd Festival of Political Song.
German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Notes
ETERNA 8 15 058 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP; live recordings from the 3. Festival des politischen Liedes, Berlin, 13–19 February 1972… #1283 Quilapayún Für Vietnam (Por Vietnam) 1972 · Compilation · 3. Festival des Politischen Liedes · ETERNA # 8 15 058 · Chile
Credited on the record as Various Artists.
Annotation: see “Hymne der FNL” above (same release).
#1335 Oktober-Klub Friedenslied [Song of Peace] 1972 · Album · 3. Festival des Politischen Liedes · ETERNA # 8 15 058 · Germany
Notes
Recordings of events during the 3rd Festival of Political SongETERNA 8 15 058 (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin), stereo LP; live recordings from the 3.…
#1284–1346 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! 1972 · Album · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
11 of the 13 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
Notes
Germany. Socialist, anti-war, anti-American imperialismLinked to the Maoist publication Everything for the Victory of the Fighting Vietnamese People [Alles für den Sieg des kämpfenden vietnamesischen Volkes']
"NATIONAL VIETNAM COMMITTEE
Poster calling for demonstrations in Bonn and…
#1284 Lied des Gefangenen #1285 Lied des Armeeboten #1286 Frontlied #1287 Lied vom Siege #1288 Kanzler-Willy-Tango #1289 Moskauer Nächte #1290 Mein Traum #1291 Hymne der Befreiungsfront #1344 Vietnamlied #1345 Wir werden das Land aufbauen #1346 Lied von der Einheit
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#1284 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Lied des Gefangenen 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Annotation
Notes
Germany. Socialist, anti-war, anti-American imperialismLinked to the Maoist publication Everything for the Victory of the Fighting Vietnamese People [Alles für den Sieg des kämpfenden vietnamesischen Volkes']
"NATIONAL VIETNAM COMMITTEE
Poster calling for demonstrations in Bonn and…
Notes
Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin;… #1285 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Lied des Armeeboten 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Annotation: see “Lied des Gefangenen” above (same release).
#1286 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Frontlied 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Annotation: see “Lied des Gefangenen” above (same release).
#1287 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Lied vom Siege 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Annotation: see “Lied des Gefangenen” above (same release).
#1288 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Kanzler-Willy-Tango 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Annotation: see “Lied des Gefangenen” above (same release).
#1289 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Moskauer Nächte 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Annotation: see “Lied des Gefangenen” above (same release).
#1290 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Mein Traum 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Annotation: see “Lied des Gefangenen” above (same release).
#1291 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Hymne der Befreiungsfront 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Annotation: see “Lied des Gefangenen” above (same release).
#1344 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Vietnamlied 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Notes
Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin;… #1345 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Wir werden das Land aufbauen 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Notes
Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin;… #1346 Nationales Vietnamkomitee Lied von der Einheit 1972 · Album · Alles Für Den Sieg Des Kämpfenden Vietnamesischen Volkes! · Nationales Vietnamkomitee # 0001 VK · Germany
Notes
Nationales Vietnamkomitee 0001 VK, STEMRA 1972; recorded 17 and 23 November 1972 in the Netherlands, vocals added 18-26 November 1972 in West Berlin;… #1292–1295 Canzoniere Delle Lame L'Inno Nazionale dei Partigiani Vietcong 1972 · Single · Edizioni FGCI # CDL 04 · Italy
All 3 songs from this single in the archive are in this collection
Notes
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#1292 Canzoniere Delle Lame Al poeta compagno Vinh Long 1972 · Single · L'Inno Nazionale dei Partigiani Vietcong · Edizioni FGCI # CDL 04 · Italy
Notes
Italy. Anti-warNotes
Edizioni FGCI Bologna CDL 04 (GRS 1972), stereo 7-inch EP "L'Inno nazionale dei partigiani Vietcong e altre 3 canzoni antimperialiste", from the show "La… #1293 Canzoniere Delle Lame Giù le mani dal Vietnam 1972 · Single · L'Inno Nazionale dei Partigiani Vietcong · Edizioni FGCI # CDL 04 · Italy
Annotation: see “Al poeta compagno Vinh Long” above (same release).
#1295 Canzoniere Delle Lame Yankee tornatevene a casa 1972 · Single · L'Inno Nazionale dei Partigiani Vietcong · Edizioni FGCI # CDL 04 · Italy
Annotation: see “Al poeta compagno Vinh Long” above (same release).
#1294 Canzoniere Delle Lame Liberiamo il Sud Vietnam 1972 · EP · L'Inno Nazionale dei Partigiani Vietcong · FGCI - Bologna # CDL 04 · Italy
Annotation: see “Al poeta compagno Vinh Long” above (same release).
#1296 Canzoniere Internazionale Decima a Vietnam 1972 · Album · Canta Cuba libre · Zodiaco # VPA 8139 · Italy
Notes
I Dischi dello Zodiaco VPA 8139, stereo, ℗ 1972, S.I.A.E., made in Italy; yellow Zodiaco labels.Side B track 5 "Decima a Vietnam", sung by the Canzoniere…
#1297 PS-gruppa Vietnam Talkin' Blues 1972 · Album · Kampen fortsetter · Samspill # SAMS 722 · Norway
Annotation
Vietnam Talkin' BluesNorway.
Composed by Jon Arne Corell, born 5 February 1947, Norway.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Also credited as 'Visegruppa PS' / 'P.S.-gruppa'. Recorded July 1972 at Arne Bendiksen Studio; producer Harald Are Lund. Members: Arvid Esperø, Øyvind… #1298 PS-gruppa Frigjøringshærens Sang (Liberation Army Song) 1972 · Album · Kampen fortsetter · Samspill # SAMS 722 · Norway
Annotation: see “Vietnam Talkin' Blues” above (same release).
#1299 Moody Blues You and Me 1972 · Seventh Sojourn · Threshold # THS 7 · UK
Notes
You and Me (Moody Blues, The)Formed
May 1964, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Protest song with reference to Asia, alluding to the Vietnam War.
#1300–1303 Mason Proffit Vote 1972 · Single · Warner Bros. # PRO 531 · USA
All 4 songs from this single in the archive are in this collection
Notes
Vote (Mason Proffit)Vote # 3 (Mason Proffit)
Country rock. About Nixon's enlargement of the franchise for 1972.
A-side: demonstrations etc. Time to register…
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#1300 Mason Proffit Vote 1972 · Single · Vote / Radio Spots · Warner Bros. # PRO 531 · USA
Notes
Vote (Mason Proffit)Vote # 3 (Mason Proffit)
Country rock. About Nixon's enlargement of the franchise for 1972.
A-side: demonstrations etc. Time to register…
Notes
Warner Bros. Records PRO 531, white promotional label marked "Not for Sale", made in U.S.A.; Side I (S40,264) "Vote" (Mason Proffit), 2:15; Side II… #1301 Mason Proffit Radio Spot - Vote # 1 1972 · Single · Vote · Warner Bros. # PRO 531 · USA
Annotation: see “Vote” above (same release).
#1302 Mason Proffit Radio Spot - Vote # 2 1972 · Single · Vote · Warner Bros. # PRO 531 · USA
Annotation: see “Vote” above (same release).
#1303 Mason Proffit Radio Spot - Vote # 3 1972 · Single · Vote · Warner Bros. # PRO 531 · USA
Annotation: see “Vote” above (same release).
#1304 Clive Brandy Sam, You Made the War Too Long 1972 · Single · Suffer the Children / Sam, You Made the War Too Long · Polydor # 2079 014 · Australia
Annotation
The song "Sam, You Made the War Too Long" (Polydor # 2079 014) - adult contemporary / easy listening, Australian, anti-war song, referencing the My Lai Massacre and Kent State shooting. The narrator said the US had it all after World War II, strong dollar etc. But got stuck in Asia, then…Notes
B-side (A-side "Suffer the Children"). Label: written by Garrick, produced and arranged by Sandy Garrick; publisher Mountain Music; (P) 1972; distributed… #1305 Bill Perry Things Have Got to Change 1972 · Single · Things Have Got to Change / Got to Make Her Mine · Enrica # 1022 · USA
Notes
- Released in New York, USA. Soul- Draft, Civil Rights, protest
- Fought in a hard war
- Many brothers died, but not treated how we should be
- Not free in…
#1306–1310 Various Artists 平和のための音楽会《３人の作曲家によるベトナムへの手紙》[Concert for Peace – Letters to Vietnam by Three Composers] 1972 · Live · U.S.B. # OG-565 · Japan
All 5 songs from this live in the archive are in this collection
#1306 ピアノによるベトナム狂詩曲 [Vietnam Rhapsody for Piano] #1307 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (ベトナム叙事詩曲・混声合唱曲) #1308 東京―ハノイ [Tokyo–Hanoi] #1309 獄中日記より８篇の歌 [Eight Songs from the Prison Diary] (ホーチミンの詩による歌曲集) #1310 やがて雨のあがる朝にむかって [Toward the Morning When the Rain Stops] (混声合唱曲《ベトナムへの手紙》)
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#1306 北川暁子 [Akiko Kitagawa] ピアノによるベトナム狂詩曲 [Vietnam Rhapsody for Piano] 1972 · Live · 平和のための音楽会《３人の作曲家によるベトナムへの手紙》[Concert for Peace – Letters to Vietnam by Three Composers] · U.S.B. # OG-565 · Japan
Credited on the record as 北川暁子.
Notes
A1. Solo piano U.S.B. (Union Sound Business Recording Disc Co.) "Recording Disc" OG-565, stereo, 33⅓ rpm, black label.Recorded at the concert "平和のための音楽会…
#1307 東部混声合唱団 [Tōbu Mixed Chorus] 戦場の村 [Battlefield Village] (ベトナム叙事詩曲・混声合唱曲) 1972 · Live · 平和のための音楽会《３人の作曲家によるベトナムへの手紙》[Concert for Peace – Letters to Vietnam by Three Composers] · U.S.B. # OG-565 · Japan
Credited on the record as 東部混声合唱団.
Notes
A2. Vietnam epic for mixed chorus; soprano 細田幸江, alto 蛎崎陽子, piano 安芸彊子; commissioned by the chorus. Title as Honda Katsuichi's reportage U.S.B. (Union… #1308 東部混声合唱団 [Tōbu Mixed Chorus] 東京―ハノイ [Tokyo–Hanoi] 1972 · Live · 平和のための音楽会《３人の作曲家によるベトナムへの手紙》[Concert for Peace – Letters to Vietnam by Three Composers] · U.S.B. # OG-565 · Japan
Credited on the record as 東部混声合唱団.
Notes
A3. Mixed chorus, piano 安芸彊子 U.S.B. (Union Sound Business Recording Disc Co.) "Recording Disc" OG-565, stereo, 33⅓ rpm, black label.Recorded at the…
#1309 栗林義信 [Yoshinobu Kuribayashi] 獄中日記より８篇の歌 [Eight Songs from the Prison Diary] (ホーチミンの詩による歌曲集) 1972 · Live · 平和のための音楽会《３人の作曲家によるベトナムへの手紙》[Concert for Peace – Letters to Vietnam by Three Composers] · U.S.B. # OG-565 · Japan
Credited on the record as 栗林義信.
Notes
U.S.B. (Union Sound Business Recording Disc Co.) "Recording Disc" OG-565, stereo, 33⅓ rpm, black label.Recorded at the concert "平和のための音楽会…
#1310 東部混声合唱団 [Tōbu Mixed Chorus] やがて雨のあがる朝にむかって [Toward the Morning When the Rain Stops] (混声合唱曲《ベトナムへの手紙》) 1972 · Live · 平和のための音楽会《３人の作曲家によるベトナムへの手紙》[Concert for Peace – Letters to Vietnam by Three Composers] · U.S.B. # OG-565 · Japan
Credited on the record as 東部混声合唱団.
Notes
B2. "Letter to Vietnam" for mixed chorus; soprano 細田幸江, alto 蛎崎陽子, baritone 庄司光郎 U.S.B. (Union Sound Business Recording Disc Co.) "Recording Disc" OG-565,… #1311 三文おぺら [Sanmon Opera] ハノイの恋人 [Lover of Hanoi] 1972 · Single · ハノイの恋人 / 思い出にさよなら [Lover of Hanoi] · Toshiba-EMI # 4Rs-518 · Japan
Credited on the record as 三文おぺら.
Annotation
The song "ハノイの恋人" ("Lover of Hanoi") (Toshiba-EMI # 4Rs-518), written and composed by Yuichi Tsuboi Osamu and Nakamura. This is the same song as released by 斎藤佳代 [Kayo Saito], unknown date, below: ハノイの恋人 / 紙飛行機. Here, this was a Nagauta folk group consisting of Osamu Nakamura, Yutaka…Notes
A. A woman whose legs were torn off by a bomb writes to her lover Toshiba-EMI 4Rs-518 (4Rs-518-A), stereo, 45 r.p.m., side 1, "Mfd. by Toshiba-EMI Ltd. in… #1312 Larry Norman I Am the Six O'Clock News 1972 · Album · Only Visiting This Planet · Verve # V6-5092 · USA
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Larry Norman - vocalist in the Californian psychedelic rock group People (1965-1968) (which released an anti-war song in 1972: Chant for Peace).- "I Am…
#1313 Larry Norman The Great American Novel 1972 · Album · Only Visiting This Planet · Verve # V6-5092 · USA
Notes
Larry Norman - vocalist in the Californian psychedelic rock group People (1965-1968) (which released an anti-war song in 1972: Chant for Peace).- "The…
#1314 Joe Quarterman (I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind Pt. 1 1972 · Single · (I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Pt. 1 & Pt. 2) · GSF # 6879 · USA
Credited on the record as Joe Quarterman and Free Soul.
Annotation
American funk and soul singer Sir Joe Quarterman, from Washington D.C., released the song "(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Parts 1 & 2)" (GSF Records # 6879) - one of those troubles was the Vietnam War: "there is evolution, much confusion...Vietnam War...trouble in my mind" . The other… Notes
GSF Records 6879, "A subsidiary of G S F Inc.", GSF Records Inc., New York, N.Y. 10019, made in USA, ℗ 1972 GSF Records, Inc.; Side A "(I Got) So Much… #1315 Joe Quarterman (I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind Pt. 2 1972 · Single · (I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Pt. 1 & Pt. 2) · GSF # 6879 · USA
Credited on the record as Joe Quarterman and Free Soul.
Annotation
American funk and soul singer Sir Joe Quarterman, from Washington D.C., released the song "(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Parts 1 & 2)" (GSF Records # 6879) - one of those troubles was the Vietnam War: "there is evolution, much confusion...Vietnam War...trouble in my mind" . The other… Notes
GSF Records 6879, "A subsidiary of G S F Inc.", GSF Records Inc., New York, N.Y. 10019, made in USA, ℗ 1972 GSF Records, Inc.; Side A "(I Got) So Much… #1316 Trevor Burton Fight for My Country 1972 · Single · Epic # 5-10851 · UK
Annotation
Notes
Fight for My Country (Burton, Trevor) Psychedelic rock. UK artist.123
Vietnam-era anti-war theme.
Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Epic 5-10851 (JZSP 156396), 45 RPM, white "Radio Station Copy" label, mono version; ℗ 1972 CBS, Inc.; "Fight for My Country" (T. Burton), 2:55; publisher… #1317 Mike Whitney Hard to Be Hip 1972 · Single · Hard to Be Hip / Ribbons of Steal · Rusty Cannon # 69 · USA
Credited on the record as Mike Whitney with Joe Stone's Amazing Part Time Band.
Notes
Rusty Cannon Record #69, 813L-0069, matrix B4KM-2248, 45 RPM; "Hard to Be Hip" (M. Whitney), 2:18, Counterpart Music, BMI; Mike Whitney with Joe Stone's… #1318 Ian Matthews House of Unamerican Blues Activity Dream 1972 · Single · House of Unamerican Blues Activity Dream / Da Doo Ron Ron · Vertigo # VE-103 · UK
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Vertigo VE-103 (2-49311), white label with the Vertigo swirl; "House of Unamerican Blues Activity Dream" (R. Farina), 3:20, Warner Bros. Music (ASCAP);… #1319 The Hillside Singers I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing 1972 · EP · Songs for a Peaceful World · UNICEF · USA
#1322 International Children's Choir It's Up to You and Me 1972 · EP · Songs for a Peaceful World · UNICEF · USA
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Unicef - generic peace songs. Children singing #1324 International Children's Choir Let There Be Peace on Earth 1972 · EP · Songs for a Peaceful World · UNICEF · USA
#1326–1349 Various Artists Compagno Vietnam 1972 · Compilation · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
9 of the 12 songs from this compilation in the archive are in this collection
#1326 Perché mai parlavi di pace #1338 Nixon a Roma #1339 Presidente #1340 Le basi americane #1341 Certo che se non fosse #1342 Davanti a San Giulio #1343 Popolo caro #1348 Compagno vietnamita #1349 Tu lo sai compagno a Marzabotto
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#1326 Nuovo Canzoniere Milanese Perché mai parlavi di pace 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as A. Catacchio e F. Mascetti del Nuovo Canzoniere Milanese.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1338 Gualtiero Bertelli Nixon a Roma 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as L. Bertelli e T. Bertelli del Nuovo Canzoniere Veneto.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1339 Paolo Pietrangeli Presidente 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as P. Pietrangeli.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1340 Michele L. Straniero Le basi americane 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as M. L. Straniero e il Nuovo Canzoniere Milanese.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1341 Fausto Amodei Certo che se non fosse 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as F. Amodei.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1342 Ivan Della Mea Davanti a San Giulio 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as I. Della Mea, A. Ciarchi, E. Cuppone.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1343 Nuovo Canzoniere Veneto Popolo caro 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as R. Bonometto del Nuovo Canzoniere Veneto.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1348 Gualtiero Bertelli Compagno vietnamita 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as G. Bertelli.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1349 Cristina Rapisarda Tu lo sai compagno a Marzabotto 1972 · Compilation · Compagno Vietnam · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14 · Italy
Credited on the record as C. Rapisarda e il Nuovo Canzoniere Milanese.
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the… #1327 Neil Young Ohio 1972 · Album · Journey Through The Past · Reprise # 2XS 6480 · USA
#1328 Horald Griffiths Prisoner of War 1972 · Album · Good Ol' Boy · Atlantic # SD 7215 · USA
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Prisoner of War (Griffiths, Horald)Notes
Atlantic SD 7215, stereo; front cover photo of Griffiths in a flat cap and denim shirt with an acoustic guitar on a park bench; yellow "Promotional Copy —… #1329 The Rance Allen Group See What You Have Done 1972 · Truth Is Where It's At · Gospel Truth # GTS-2709 · USA
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See What You Done (Rance Allen Group, The) #1330 Che Guevara Speech on solidarity with the people of South Viet-Nam (1963) (Side A) 1972 · Album · Discursos del Comandante Ernesto Guevara" [Speeches by Commander Ernesto Guevara] · EGREM # LD-DP 7 · Cuba
Annotation
Che Guevara, born Ernesto Guevara on 14 June 1928 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He died on 9 October 1967 in La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Often described as a Marxist revolutionary, and guerilla leader, he played a key role in the Cuban Revolution, and opposing imperialism and…Notes
EGREM LD-DP-7, 33 rpm, label "Discursos del Comandante Ernesto Guevara", "En conmemoración al 5to. aniversario de su muerte" [In commemoration of the 5th… #1331 Che Guevara Speech on solidarity with the people of South Viet-Nam (1963) (Side B) 1972 · Album · Speeches by Commander Ernesto Guevera · EGREM # LD-DP 7 · Cuba
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EGREM LD-DP-7, 33 rpm, label "Discursos del Comandante Ernesto Guevara", "En conmemoración al 5to. aniversario de su muerte" [In commemoration of the 5th… #1332 Sammy Smith Vietnam 1972 · Swan Lake and other Reggae Favourites · Sioux # SLX 7500 · UK
#1334 Godfrey Daniel Woodstock 1972 · Single · Woodstock / Dance to the Music · Atlantic # 45-2881 · USA
Notes
Soul version of Joni Mitchel song. Peace.Notes
Atlantic 45-2881 (A-23558 SP), 45 R.P.M., vocal, "Plug Side" promotional label; "Woodstock" (Joni Mitchell), 3:02, Pub. Siquomb, BMI; arranged by Andy… #1336 Gore Vidal A Foot in the Mouth Trilogy: Mai Lai / Kent State / Manson 1972 · Album · An Evening With Richard Nixon · Ode # SP-77015 · USA
Notes
Foot In The Mouth Trilogy: Mai Lai / Kent State / Manson, A (Vidal, Gore) Comedy.
My Lai / Calley. Kent State, Ohio shooting
Notes
Original cast recording of Vidal's play (Shubert Theatre, 30 April-13 May 1972), Nixon played by George S. Irving; cast includes Susan Sarandon. Segment… #1337 Gene Marshall Stop the War 1972 · Single · Lovely Form Divine / Stop the War · Preview # 2272 · USA
Notes
- "Stop the War"- Label: Preview Records # 2272
- Songwriter: Melba Stovall
- Traditional pop song poem
- Anti-war / protest
- Hollywood, California
- Note:…
#1347 Marino Piazza L'incontro Nixon-Mao che a tutte le guerre dicono ciao 1972 · Single · Fonola # NP 2114 · Italy
Credited on the record as cantastorie Piazza Marino; fisa: Lorenzo De Antiquis.
Notes
L'incontro Nixon-Mao che a tutte le guerre dicono ciaoNotes
Fonola NP 2114 (Fonotecnica Fonola, via Ariberto 21, Milan), 45 rpm; A side by the cantastorie Piazza Marino with Lorenzo De Antiquis on accordion (fisa),… #1350 Humble Pie Sweet Peace And Time 1972 · Single · Thirty Days in the Hole / Sweet Peace and Time · A&M # 1366 · UK
Notes
Sweet Peace and Time (Humble Pie)Anti-war, hard rock, UK group.
Reference to Ho Chi Minh
Formed
April 1969, Moreton, Essex, United Kingdom
Notes
A&M Producer: The Pie. ASCAP. Stock issue in picture sleeve. From the A&M Album Smokin SP-4342. Promo and styrene US variants exist. B-side of 'Thirty… #1351 Lado Leskovar Zakaj Vietnam 1972 · Compilation · Lado Leskovar · RTV Ljubljana # 053 · Serbia
Annotation
Slovenian artist, part of the former Yugoslavia, released the song "Zakaj Vietnam" ( "Why Vietnam" ) ( Založba kaset in plošč Radio-televizije Ljubljana # 053). The record label was founded in 1971, in Ljubljana (now part of Slovenia), by Radio-Television Ljubljana .
Annotation by Justin…
Notes
Cassette compilation (mono), RTV Ljubljana 053 (cassette part 053/1, inlay 053/2), rights society BIEM. Title translates as 'Why Vietnam'; released on the… #1352 Calvary Spiritual Singers Power 1972 · Single · Power / Joy Of My Life · National Progressive Sounds # 101 · USA
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Power (Calvary Spiritual Singers)Notes
Label: National Progressive Sounds, Inc. Rights society BMI. Label matrix 101-A / 101-B; runout NPS-101-A 5-22-72 / NPS-101-B 5-22-72. No writer or… #1353 Captain Foam Will There Ever Be a Time 1972 · Single · No Reason / Will There Ever Be a Time? · Bold [Massillon] # 377 / 358 · USA
Annotation
The song "Will There Ever Be a Time?" (Bold Records # 377 / 358), released in 1972 by Captain Foam, an obscure psychedelic folk group, based in Ohio, took a general anti-war position, while referencing the My Lai massacre. Written and sung by Richard Bertram, produced by Nick Boldi, and… Notes
Bold 377 (A) / 358 (B); runouts #1140-BR-359A / 359B. Produced by Nick R. Boldi for NRB Productions; engineer Gary Rhamy; recorded at Peppermint… #1354 Frank Campbell Draft Dodger Rag 1972 · Album · East 71st Street · Silver Crest # FC 33071 · USA
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Silver Crest Custom FC 33071; side A track 2. #1355 Andrea McArdle A Christmas Wish 1972 · Single · A Christmas Wish / Myrtle the Turtle · English Village # SR-4502 · USA
Notes
- Christmas, child, end the war in Vietnam- Home front perspective
- English Records SR-4502. A child's Christmas wish for the war in Vietnam to end.
Label:…
#1356 The Delegates Ramsey Clark 1972 · Album · The Delegates · Mainstream # MRL 100 · USA
Notes
Ramsey Clark (Delegates, The) Break-in, comedy sketch. Reference to Vietnam peace negotiations. Ho Chi Minh. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #1357 Brother Gregory Alone Again 1972 · Single · My Dear Brother: Vietnam - Vermont Songs of Hope · Weston Priory # NH 72 · USA
#1358 Peter Yarrow Don't Ever Take Away My Freedom 1972 · Single · Warner Bros. # WB 7567 · USA
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Warner Bros. WB 7567 (PNY0224), promotion, not for sale, stereo and mono sides, 3:37; (Peter Yarrow); Mary Beth Music, ASCAP; produced by Phil Ramone and… #1359 Khánh Ly Hát cho quê hương Việt Nam 3 1972 · Album · Vietnam
#1360 Various Artists The Son Worshipers 1972 · Album · The Son Worshipers · One-Way # JC 4444 · USA
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Album line, contains Vietnam references. 1971 movie soundtrack about the "Jesus Movement". Apparently "a mixture of ex-druggie testimonies, street… #1361 The Monks of Weston Priory Hosea 1972 · Single · My Dear Brother: Vietnam - Vermont Songs of Hope · Weston Priory # NH 72 · USA
#1362 Khánh Ly Hát cho quê hương Việt Nam 2 1972 · Album · Vietnam
Notes
Cassette; Vietnam. [From Rate Your Music]1973-1975: Paris Peace Accords to the Fall of Saigon
Between the Paris Peace Accords (27 January 1973) and the collapse of South Vietnam (30 April 1975). This marked the final end of the Vietnam War, with most American civilians and troops evacuated during the North Vietnamese invasion. The two halves of the country were reunified, and Saigon renamed Ho Chi Minh City, after the North Vietnamese leader Hồ Chí Minh.1973
#1363 Tom Rapp Fourth Day Of July 1973 · Album · Stardancer · Blue Thumb # BTS-44 · USA
Annotation
The song "Fourth Day of July" (Blue Thumb Records # BTS-44), taken from Tom Rapp's 1972 album Stardancer, his second solo effort. He is well known as the leader of the 60s / 70s Psychedelic Folk group Pearls Before Swine. Taking an anti-war position, the narrator told the story of US… #1364 Steve Goodman The Ballad of Penny Evans 1973 · Album · Somebody Else's Troubles · Buddah # BDS 5121 · USA
Annotation
The song "The Ballad of Penny Evans" (Buddah Records # BDS 5121) was about the impact of a soldier's death on his family back home in the US: "I'm a widow of the war that was fought in Vietnam" . The widow leaned towards the anti-war side, criticising the death of 50,000 US soldiers. The…Notes
Broadway musical #1365–1379 Various Artists Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] 1973 · Album · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
All 15 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
As above, another Finnish Folk Pop album, this time a various artist collection, also on Love Records (# LRLP 65) from Helsinki, Finland, and as above, many of the songs were arranged by Kaj Chydenius. Songs include "Laulu Vietnamin voitosta" ( "Song of Vietnam's Victory" ), and "Vapautusar… #1365 Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory] #1366 Huilun laulu [Flute Song] #1367 Kansa ei lakkaa kasvamasta [The People Do not Stop Growing] #1368 Kaunis sää [Beautiful Weather] #1369 Kuu on sotilaan lyhty [The Moon is a Soldier's Lantern] #1370 Peruskivi [The Cornerstone] #1371 Pieni Vietnam-laulu [Little Vietnamese Song] #1372 Punaiset polut [Red Paths] #1373 Rapuja pyydystämässä [Catching Crabs] #1374 Silloin kesä tuli sydämeeni [That's When Summer Came to My Heart] #1375 Soutajanaisen laulu [The Song of the Rowing Woman] #1376 Sumua Ben Hain toisella rannalla [Fog on Ben Hai's Other Beach] #1377 Taistelijoiden laulu [Fighters' Song] #1378 Tuhannen runon antologiaa lukiessa [Reading the Anthology of a Thousand Poems] #1379 Vapautusarmeijan sotilaalle [For the Soldier of the Liberation Army]
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#1365 Rea Mauranen Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation
As above, another Finnish Folk Pop album, this time a various artist collection, also on Love Records (# LRLP 65) from Helsinki, Finland, and as above, many of the songs were arranged by Kaj Chydenius. Songs include "Laulu Vietnamin voitosta" ( "Song of Vietnam's Victory" ), and "Vapautusar… #1366 Rea Mauranen Huilun laulu [Flute Song] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1367 Sinikka Sokka Kansa ei lakkaa kasvamasta [The People Do not Stop Growing] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1368 Rea Mauranen & Kristiina Halkola Kaunis sää [Beautiful Weather] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1369 Rea Mauranen Kuu on sotilaan lyhty [The Moon is a Soldier's Lantern] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1370 Agit-Prop Peruskivi [The Cornerstone] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1371 Susanna Repo Pieni Vietnam-laulu [Little Vietnamese Song] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1372 Vesa Mäkelä Punaiset polut [Red Paths] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1373 Rea Mauranen Rapuja pyydystämässä [Catching Crabs] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1374 Kristiina Halkola Silloin kesä tuli sydämeeni [That's When Summer Came to My Heart] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1375 Aulikki Oksanen Soutajanaisen laulu [The Song of the Rowing Woman] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1376 Kristiina Halkola Sumua Ben Hain toisella rannalla [Fog on Ben Hai's Other Beach] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1377 Kristiina Halkola Taistelijoiden laulu [Fighters' Song] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1378 Rea Mauranen & Kristiina Halkola Tuhannen runon antologiaa lukiessa [Reading the Anthology of a Thousand Poems] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1379 Kaisa Korhonen Vapautusarmeijan sotilaalle [For the Soldier of the Liberation Army] 1973 · Album · Elämme Vietnamin aikaa [We are living in Vietnam times] · Love # LRLP 65 · Finland
Annotation: see “Laulu Vietnamin voitosta [Song of Vietnam's Victory]” above (same release).
#1380 Shadrack I Wonder Why 1973 · Single · I Wonder Why / It Was Me · Sonic · USA
Notes
- Psychedelic rock- Iowa, USA
- Soldier in combat, friend is K.I.A., why does it have to be? Anti-war leaning
#1381 Unknown Artist コロンビア大学バリケード内コンサート [Concert Inside the Columbia University Barricades] 1973 · Compilation · 闘争の詩 "Who Is a Leader?" · Elec # LP-1004 · Japan
Notes
A3. 1968 Columbia occupation — partly against the university's war research #1382 Unknown Artist 新宿駅西口の模様（日本）[Scene at Shinjuku Station West Exit] 1973 · Compilation · 闘争の詩 "Who Is a Leader?" · Elec # LP-1004 · Japan
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1969 West Exit anti-war folk gatherings #1383 新谷のり子 [Noriko Shintani] 戦争は終ったけれど [Although the War Is Over] 1973 · Single · 戦争は終ったけれど / 私に勇気をくれるもの [Although the War Is Over] · Philips # FS-1751 · Japan
Credited on the record as 新谷のり子.
Annotation
Noriko Shintani, born on 3 October 1946 in Hokuto, Japan, released the peace / protest song "戦争は終わったけれど" ("Although the War Is Over") (Philips # FS-1751), largely considered to be part of the anti-Vietnam War movement in Japan, which looked at the aftermath of the conflict: "it's…Notes
A. Charity campaign song for Vietnam's children after the Paris Peace Accords: "the war is over but my lover hasn't come home… the children are still… #1384 Morgenrood Rotterdam Vietnam-lied 1973 · Album · Voor Vietnam · Morgenrood # 6810 184 · Netherlands
Credited on the record as Morgenrood Rotterdam zingt o.l.v. Ton Beckers.
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Dutch / Netherlands, protestNotes
Morgenrood 6810 184 (Stemra; stereo-mono LP; Productie R.A.Z. Morgenrood ten bate van het Medisch Comité Nederland-Vietnam), "Morgenrood-Rotterdam zingt… #1385 Morgenrood Rotterdam Bevrijdt het Zuiden 1973 · Album · Voor Vietnam · Morgenrood # 6810 184 · Netherlands
Credited on the record as Morgenrood Rotterdam zingt o.l.v. Ton Beckers.
Annotation: see “Vietnam-lied” above (same release).
#1386 Various Artists Air War 1973 · Single · Missing in Action / Air War - Winter Soldier II (Vietnam Veteran Testimony) · Rounder # 4505 · USA
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Testimony by 10 Vietnam Veterans at Faneuil Hall Oct 7-9, 1971, expressing anti-war sentiment, part of the larger "Winter Soldier Investigation", an event by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), which sought to publicise atrocities in Vietna. The a-side track (Rounder Records #… #1387 Eileen Fulton As the World Turns 1973 · Single · You're the Child Your Daddy Never Saw / As the World Turns · Nectar # 1254 · USA
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You're the Child Your Daddy Never Saw (Fulton, Eileen) Folk war. Home front perspective
Never met your father, died in the war K.I.A.
B-side: generic…
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Nectar 1254, yellow label with the slogan "Music Is the Nectar of the Gods"; 1254 A "You're the Child Your Daddy Never Saw" (Bob Marcus), 2:12, and 1254 B… #1388 Pete Atkin All the Dead Were Strangers 1973 · Album · A King at Nightfall · Philips # 6308070 · UK
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Pete Atkin, a British singer/songwriter, performed the song "All the Dead Were Strangers" (RCA Victor # SF8336), written by Clive James, which provided an account of US soldiers in conversation after taking part in a massacre at a Vietnamese village, a reference to the My Lai killings.… #1389 Van Vannoy Ballad of Richard Nixon 1973 · Single · Ballad of Richard Nixon / He's Been Twice As Good to Me · Golden Star # GS-719 · USA
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"Ballad of Richard Nixon" - country track, taking a pro-Nixon position. Argued that Nixon had been wrongly accused by the Democrats with regards to…Notes
Broadway musical Golden Star Records GS-719 A, blue label with silver print, 719 Glendale, Dallas, Texas 75214, telephone numbers 821-0307 and 279-2795;… #1390 The John Wagner Coalition The Battle Is Over 1973 · Single · The Battle Is Over / Take Time to Love Me · Rare Earth # R 5051F · USA
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Rare Earth R 5051F A, ℗ 1973 Motown Record Corporation, matrix 61731; "The Battle Is Over" (J. Siegling, F. Larrabee), Kimkris Music & Fort Knox Music… #1391–1425 Holly Near Hang in There 1973 · Album · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
8 of the 10 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… #1391 Better Days #1392 Birthday Children #1397 GI Movement #1399 Hang in There #1400 Hang in There #1411 Oh America #1412 Oh My Beautiful Friends #1425 Wedding Song
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#1391 Holly Near Better Days 1973 · Album · Hang in There · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… #1392 Holly Near Birthday Children 1973 · Album · Hang in There · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… #1397 Holly Near GI Movement 1973 · Album · Hang in There · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… #1399 Holly Near Hang in There 1973 · Album · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… Notes
Side A, track 1 (A1): the opening version. The album closes with a short reprise (B7, VWSP1021). #1400 Holly Near Hang in There 1973 · Album · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… Notes
Side B, track 7 (B7): the short closing reprise. The full version opens the album (A1, VWSP1020). #1411 Holly Near Oh America 1973 · Album · Hang in There · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… #1412 Holly Near Oh My Beautiful Friends 1973 · Album · Hang in There · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… #1425 Holly Near Wedding Song 1973 · Album · Hang in There · Redwood # RRS 3800 · USA
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Holly Near, prominent 60s/70s political contemporary folksinger / singer-songwriter, born 6 June 1949 in Ukiah, California, USA, and founder of the record label Redwood Records. Near released dozens of protest songs, focusing on war, Civil Rights, women's equality, human rights, ecology,… #1393 Mason Proffit Black September / Belfast 1973 · Album · Bare Back Rider · Warner Bros. # BS 2704 · USA
#1394 Blackwater Junction Bring All the Young Men Back Home 1973 · Single · Bring All the Young Men Back Home / Keep on Turning the World · MCA MUS # 1179 · UK
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Bring All the Young Men Back Home (Blackwater Junction)Psychedelic rock, UK. 1973, after the Paris Peace Accords.
Anti-war
End the war, bring the young men…
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MCA MUS 1179 (MCS 6528), ℗ 1973 MCA Records Inc., licensed by MCA Records, Inc., Universal City, California, made in England by The Decca Record Co. Ltd.;… #1395 Marc Ogeret Chante une femme 1973 · Album · Chansons de révolte et d'espoir · Disques Vogue # LDM 30215 · France
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Chanson artists, born 25 February 1932 in Paris, France, and died on 4 June 2018, Semur-en-Auxois, France. This album contained the track "Chante une femme" (Disques Vogue # LDM 30215) - a cover of the Jean Arnulf song, released on the 1968 album "Déjà l'automne". James Ollivier also… #1396 The Goodtimers End the War (My Prayers Were Answered) 1973 · Single · End the War (My Prayers Were Answered) / Say No More · Command Performance # CP 141 · USA
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- "End the War (My Prayers Were Answered)" - Label: Command Performance Records # CP 141
- Songwriter: Sammy Mitchell
- Song-poem label, soul, Hollywood,…
#1398 Sylvia Robinson Had Any Lately 1973 · Single · Didn't I / Had Any Lately · Vibration # VI-524 · USA
Credited on the record as Sylvia.
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Vibration VI-524-B, "a div. of All Platinum Enterprises", 45 RPM, matrix VI-264-GM SP; "Had Any Lately" (S. Robinson), 2:55, Gambi BMI; credited to… #1401 Children of the Morning Hey America, America 1973 · Single · Hey America, America / Children of the Morning · Hansa # 12 632 AT · Germany
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The obscure psychedelic rock group Children of the Morning, formed in Italy, released the song "Hey America, America" (Hansa # 12 632 AT) which criticised the US government for the Kent State killings. Shel Shapiro, who led the group, composed the song. He had previously played with the… #1402 Knutna Nävar Ho Chi Minh 1973 · Album · Svarta listornas folk · Proletärkultur # PROLP 373 · Sweden
#1403–1466 Various Artists Broadside Ballads, Vol. 7 1973 · Compilation · Broadside # FD 5316 · USA
All 3 songs from this compilation in the archive are in this collection
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#1403 Larry Estridge It's Outrageous 1973 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads, Vol. 7 · Broadside # FD 5316 · USA
#1417 Paul Kaplan Vietnam 1973 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads, Vol. 7 · Broadside # FD 5316 · USA
#1466 Judy & Danny Rose-Redwood White Blossom (Bach Mai) 1973 · Compilation · Broadside Ballads, Vol. 7 · Broadside # FD 5316 · USA
Credited on the record as Rose-Redwoods.
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Folkways FD 5316, "Broadside Vol. 7" (1973), side B track 2, 3:00, credited "Rose-Redwoods"; booklet title "White Blossom (Bach Mai)", words and music… #1404 Bobby Dyson Johnny, Lay Your Rifle Down 1973 · Single · Johnny, Lay Your Rifle Down / Red Skies Over Georgia · Capitol # P-3608 · USA
#1405 Barbara Dane The Kent State Massacre 1973 · Album · I Hate the Capitalist System · Paredon # P-1014 · USA
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The track "Kent State Massacre" (Paredon Records # P-1014) by Barbara Dane was an angry, and revolutionary, account of the Kent State University protest. It firstly set the scene and referenced the four students killed: "Allison Krause and Sandra Scheuer marched and sang a peaceful song,… #1406 Henri Salvador Kissinger - Le Duc Tho 1973 · Single · Kissinger - Le Duc Tho / Un Chagrin D'Amour · Rigolo # RI 10 084 · France
Credited on the record as Henri Salvador (paroles, musique, arrangement et réalisation).
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The song "Kissinger - Le Duc Tho" (Rigolo # RI 10 084) by Henri Salvador - born 18 July 1917, Sinnamary, French Guiana (South America - fully under sovereignty of France, and thus also part of the European Union), he died on 13 February 2008, in Paris, France. The song is a psychedelic…Notes
Rigolo RI 10 084 (Salvador's own label; SACEM; made in France, Chatillon pressing), 3:10; words, music, arrangement and production Henri Salvador, Édit.… #1407 O.C. Smith La La Peace Song 1973 · Single · La La Peace Song / When Morning Comes · Columbia # 3-10031 · USA
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- La La Peace Song (Smith, O.C.)- Soul, Vietnam-era.
- Peace / anti-war song.
- Civil rights.
- "Why can't we get along" .
- Columbia 3-10031 (ZSS 157602),…
#1408 Wayne Spence Love's Stronger Than Hate 1973 · Single · Thank God for Peace / Love's Stronger Than Hate · Peace [Cleveland] # 304334 · USA
Credited on the record as Wayne Spence & Smiling Faces.
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The heavy funk track "Thank God for Peace" (Peace Records # 304334), which based on the lyrics could easily have been done by a gospel group, does not actually mention Vietnam. However, the B-Side song "Love Is Stronger Than Hate" was originally released in 1971 by the group Love…Notes
Peace, black and silver label, "WFS" Exclusive Records, Cleveland, Ohio, 45 RPM; "Thank God for Peace" (W. Spence), 2:57, 304334A, and "Love's Stronger… #1409 Funkadelic March To The Witch's Castle 1973 · Album · Cosmic Slop · Westbound # WB 2022 · USA
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The song "March to the Witch's Castle" (Westbound Records # WB 2022) is another important representation of P.O.W.s and veterans after the Paris Peace Accords, looking at their adjustment to the US non-wartime society. The narrator started by noting the date 12 February 1973 as the "happie… #1410 Chris Glendon My Fellow Americans 1973 · Single · My Fellow Americans / Saga of a Secluded Swamp Monster · GRC # 1016 · USA
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My Fellow Americans (Glendon, Chris) Novelty pop, 1973. Nixon, Watergate
Nixon impersonation, referencing Vietnam, Saigon, Cambodia
Answer / response to…
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GRC, "A Michael Thevis Enterprise", GRC-1016, Side A; "My Fellow Americans" (Chris Glendon – Will Henley – Jane Carroll), time 3:11, intro :12; Benders… #1413 Graham Nash Oh! Camil (The Winter Soldier) 1973 · Album · Wild Tales · Atlantic # SD 7288 · USA
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Graham Nash, born 2 February 1942, in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, is well-known for being a member of The Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the later of which he recorded several anti-Vietnam War songs (in the era of the war, such as the single "Ohio / Find the Cost of Freedom").…Notes
Atlantic SD 7288, ℗ © 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019, printed in USA. "Oh! Camil (The Winter… #1414 The Stooges Search And Destroy 1973 · Album · Raw Power · Columbia # KC 32111 · USA
#1415 Wayne Spence Thank God for Peace 1973 · Single · Thank God for Peace / Love's Stronger Than Hate · Peace [Cleveland] # 304334 · USA
Credited on the record as Wayne Spence & Smiling Faces.
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The heavy funk track "Thank God for Peace" (Peace Records # 304334), which based on the lyrics could easily have been done by a gospel group, does not actually mention Vietnam. However, the B-Side song "Love Is Stronger Than Hate" was originally released in 1971 by the group Love…Notes
Peace, black and silver label, "WFS" Exclusive Records, Cleveland, Ohio, 45 RPM; "Thank God for Peace" (W. Spence), 2:57, 304334A, and "Love's Stronger… #1416 Marie Rottrová Květy od My-lai 1973 · Single · Perpetuum mobile / Květy od My-lai · Supraphon # 0 43 1445 · Czech Republic
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Czech artist Marie Rottrová, born 13 November 1941 in Ostrava - Hrušov, then part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1945), under Nazi German occupation. It subsequently became part of Czechoslovakia. Rottrová is currently based in Prague, Czech Republic. She released the… Notes
Supraphon 0 43 1445 h, 45 rpm, matrix D 04856, ℗ 1972, OSA; "Květy od My-lai" (R. Kovalčík/V. Čort), Marie Rottrová with Flamingo, "Produkce F. Řebíček";… #1418 Canzoniere Il Contemporaneo Vietnam 1973 · EP · Argento e oro / Vietnam / Filastrocca governativa / Vinceremo (Inno di "Unidad Popolar") · Il Contemporaneo # CONT. 4 · Italy
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Il Contemporaneo CONT. 4 (side CONT. 4/A), red label, 45 giri, D.R.; side A carries "Argento e oro" (Barbara Beitler – Il Contemporaneo) and "Vietnam" (Il… #1419 Sammy Brown Vietnam (You Son of a Gun) 1973 · Single · Vietnam (You Son of a Gun) / Vietnam (Instrumental) · Grassroots # GR-1031 · USA
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The song "Vietnam (You Son of a Gun)" (Grassroots Records # GR-1031) - a great sounding funk / soul anti-War song. The narrator, back at home and "free at last" , curses "cold blooded Vietnam" , which led to him loosing his woman, and that "no good came from all that killing" . Little is…Notes
Grassroots Records GR-1031, "Music of the people by the people and for the people", 45-RPM, ℗ 1973 Div. of Grassroots, Inc., 1674 B'way, N.Y.C.; Dollar… #1420 Fred Åkerström Vissångarvisa 1973 · Två tungor · Metronome [Stockholm] # MLP 15.476 · Sweden
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Vissångarvisa (Åkerström, Fred)Swedish.
chorus:
"But who pays a heavy price for my success and my song?
It’s people fighting against starvation in their countries
While I walk around belly-fat and burp you a song
About Spain, Belfast, Greece, and Vietnam"
article on Swedish anti-war songs:1
…
#1421 All Of The Above The War Is Over 1973 · Single · The War Is Over / Hey, Am I Shaking? · Paramount # PAA-0195 · USA
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The song "The War Is Over" (Paramount Records # PAA-0195)By All of the Above, a Virginia based band, featuring Keith John, Marc Clements, Bill Graves, and Andrew Wilson.1 Song composed by Andrew Wilson, a Vietnam veteran, who wrote after returning to the US.2
When the sound of his dying is…
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Paramount PAA-0195 (MB 27068-S), stereo, ℗ 1973, "Promotional Copy - Not for Sale"; "The War Is Over" (A. Wilson), intro :06, time 3:09, end fades, Famous… #1422 Jon Lucien The War Song 1973 · Rashida · RCA # AYL1-3820 · USA
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Jon Lucien (1942-2007), from the Virgin Islands, released the soul-jazz track "The War Song" (RCA Records # APL1-0161), which took an anti-war position. It was written by Lucien, with the orchestra arranged by Dave Grusin. He mainly focused on children / young people been sent to war by… #1423 Jive M. Fluffer Waterbladder 1973 · Single · Blade # JMF 001 · USA
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Waterbladder (Fluffler, Jive M.) Novelty, break-in, Watergate, Nixon, Agnew, Kissinger
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Reference to Paris Peace negotiations, and…
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Blade Records JMF 001 (7-1), stereo, yellow label; "Waterbladder" (Moses - Fluffer - Moses), 2:30, My My Music, BMI; ℗ 1973 Blade Records, Detroit,… #1424 Tom T. Hall Watergate Blues 1973 · Single · Watergate Blues / Spokane Motel Blues · Mercury # 73394 · USA
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Watergate Blue (Hall, Tom T.) About Nixon, reference to Vietnam.
Country pop.
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Mercury 73394 (2-50206), red label; "Watergate Blues" (Tom T. Hall), 3:00, Hallnote Music, BMI; produced by Jerry Kennedy; ℗ 1973 Phonogram Inc.;… #1426 Bobby Laurel Whatever Happened to Heroes 1973 · Single · Winning Isn't Everything / Whatever Happened to the Heroes · Grant # GT-722 · USA
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Grant GT-722 (B), 45 RPM, stereo; "Whatever Happened to Heroes" (B. Laurel), 2:58, Murray Hill Pub., Inc., ASCAP, © 1970; Bobby Laurel; "Produced by: B.… #1427 Joan Baez Where Are You Now My Son? 1973 · Album · Where Are You Now, My Son? · A&M # SP-4390 · USA
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In 1972 Baez traveled to North Vietnam during Nixon's controversial "Christmas Bombings" on Hanoi and Haiphong (official named Operation Linebacker II).1 Baez produced this protest album about that trip, released in 1973. She was also involved in other forms of protest, such as Martin… #1428 Various Artists Missing in Action 1973 · Single · Missing in Action / Air War - Winter Soldier II (Vietnam Veteran Testimony) · Rounder # 4505 · USA
#1429 Barbara Mason World War Three 1973 · Album · Lady Love · Buddah # BDS 5140 · USA
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World War Three (Mason, Barbara) Soul.
Mainly a civil-rights song, it contained specific reference to Vietnam at end of track and criticised Richard…
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Buddah BDA 405, promotional "Dual '45'" marked "Not for Sale", with mono (BDA 405 A) and stereo (BDAS 405 A) sides; "World War Three" (B. Mason), 3:42,… #1430 Eileen Fulton You're the Child Your Daddy Never Saw 1973 · Single · You're the Child Your Daddy Never Saw / As the World Turns · Nectar # 1254 · USA
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You're the Child Your Daddy Never Saw (Fulton, Eileen) Folk war. Home front perspective
Never met your father, died in the war K.I.A.
B-side: generic…
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Nectar 1254, yellow label with the slogan "Music Is the Nectar of the Gods"; 1254 A "You're the Child Your Daddy Never Saw" (Bob Marcus), 2:12, and 1254 B… #1431 Alexandre Zelkine Cruel War 1973 · Single · Cruel War / Come Away, Melinda · United Artists # UA-XW303-W · France
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Released in Canada. #1432 Rundfunkchor Berlin Chorlied von Vietnam [Choral Song From Vietnam] 1973 · Album · Solidarität · ETERNA # 8 15 068 · Germany
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Rundfunkchor Berlin - Chorlied Von Vietnam (Rundfunkchor Berlin)German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Winners of the International Radio Solidarity
Song…
#1433 Wolfgang Dehler Ich gehe nicht nach Vietnam [I Am Not Going to Vietnam] 1973 · Album · He hör mal zu! · AMIGA # 8 55 317 · Germany
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LP of German-language versions of US protest songs.Liner notes (1973): H. P. Hofmann. Engineer: Siegbert Schneider; music director: Karl Heinz Ocasek.…
#1434 Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode & Rhythmusgruppe [Wernigerode Radio Youth Choir & Rhythm Group] Es Geht um die Erde ein rotes Band [A Red Ribbon Encircles Earth] 1973 · Album · Solidarität geht weiter [Solidarity Continues] · ETERNA # 8 15 073 · Germany
Credited on the record as Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode & Rhythmusgruppe.
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Es geht um die Erde ein rotes Band East Germany, GDR
Bruder, unbekannter Bruder, Bruder, du bist nicht allein. Mit der Arbeit meiner Hände steh ich für…
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Series: X. Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten, Berlin 1973, Hauptstadt der DDR. Stereo. VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin. Track B4 of the… #1435 David Frye Dick Nixon's Solid Gold 1973 · Single · Nixon Meets the Godfather / Dick Nixon's Solid Gold · Buddah # DUAL 45 · USA
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- Comedy, excerpt from 1973 album Richard Nixon: A Fantasy- B-side: reference to troops in Cambodia and protests, Indochina
- Saigon, My Lai, and Da Nang
-…
#1436 Adrienne Rich The Phenomenology of Anger 1973 · Album · Reading at Stanford · Stanford Program for Recordings in Sound # CFS-3311 · USA
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- Phenomenology of Anger, The (Rich, Andrienne)- Poem in 9 parts. Part 4 references the My Lai massacre.
- Poem in nine parts; part 4 references the…
#1437 Richard Ryan From My Lai The Thunder Went West 1973 · Album · Ravenswood Poems · CRD # CRD 1005 · Republic of Ireland
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Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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One of 18 poems read by the poet; gatefold LP (UK). Spoken-word poem. #1438 Norm Burns What Does Peace Mean to You? 1973 · Single · What Does Peace Mean to You? / The Beauty of Love · Sterling # S-639 · USA
Credited on the record as Norm Burns & the Five Stars.
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- "What Does Peace Mean to You?"Label: Sterling Records # S-639
Songwriter: Patrick Louis, Lew Tobin
- Song poem, traditional pop, anti-war / peace
- what's…
#1439 The Real Pros Vietnam Stranger 1973 · Single · Past Years / Vietnam Stranger · Cinema # CR 7359 · USA
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- "Vietnam Stranger"- Label: Cinema Records # CR 7359
- Songwriter: Charles L. McEvers
- Song poem, traditional pop
- Hollywood, California
- Why did you…
#1440 Gene Marshall Happiness Dream (Wars No More) 1973 · Single · Happiness Dream (Wars No More) / The Working Man's Prayer · Preview # 2384 · USA
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- "Happiness Dream (Wars No More)"- Label: Preview Records # 2384
- Songwriter: Unknown
- Note: need image, need song
#1441 White, Green & Red Vietnamese Frescoes 1973 · Album · Vesselin Nikolov and "His White, Green and Red" · Балкантон (Balkanton) # ВТА 1453 · Bulgaria
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Bulgarian jazz group, formed on 1 October 1971, in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. It was founded by influential jazz musician Веселин Николов [Vesselin Nikolov], their saxophone player from 1971-83. Nikolov, born in Bourgass, Bulgaria in 1973, helped popularise Bulgarian musical culture, and took…Notes
Also titled Веселин Николов И Неговите Бели, Зелени И Червени (Vesselin Nikolov and his White, Green And Red). Stereo. Issued on Balkanton BTA 1453. #1442–1447 Avi Sagild Vi har den samme fjende 1973 · Album · Demos # Demos 12 · Denmark
6 of the 8 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Danish theatre group Skifteholdet, reciting 28 poems related to the Vietnam War on this LP, edited, arranged, and directed by Avi Sagild, born 22 February 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died 19 September 1995, Denmark.1 Tracks include "Hanoi Julen 1972" ("Hanoi Christmas 1972"), "I… #1442 General Ky's Morgenmotto #1443 Hanoi Julen 1972 #1444 General Ky's Drøm #1445 Indberetning I Mørket Fra Den Sidste Marine I Vietnam #1446 Rotterne I Vietnam #1447 Natlig Afsked I Hanoi
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#1442 Avi Sagild General Ky's Morgenmotto 1973 · Album · Vi har den samme fjende · Demos # Demos 12 · Denmark
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Danish theatre group Skifteholdet , reciting 28 poems related to the Vietnam War on this LP, edited, arranged, and directed by Avi Sagild , born 22 February 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died 19 September 1995, Denmark. Tracks include "Hanoi Julen 1972" ( "Hanoi Christmas 1972"…
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Whole LP is a 28-poem Vietnam War spoken-word/sound-poetry record. Texts by: Armando Tejada Gómez, Bertolt Brecht, Ernesto Che Guevara, Chính Hữu, Chế Lan… #1443 Avi Sagild Hanoi Julen 1972 1973 · Album · Vi har den samme fjende · Demos # Demos 12 · Denmark
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Danish theatre group Skifteholdet, reciting 28 poems related to the Vietnam War on this LP, edited, arranged, and directed by Avi Sagild, born 22 February 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died 19 September 1995, Denmark.1 Tracks include "Hanoi Julen 1972" ("Hanoi Christmas 1972"), "I… Notes
Whole LP is a 28-poem Vietnam War spoken-word/sound-poetry record. Texts by: Armando Tejada Gómez, Bertolt Brecht, Ernesto Che Guevara, Chính Hữu, Chế Lan… #1444 Avi Sagild General Ky's Drøm 1973 · Album · Vi har den samme fjende · Demos # Demos 12 · Denmark
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Whole LP is a 28-poem Vietnam War spoken-word/sound-poetry record. Texts by: Armando Tejada Gómez, Bertolt Brecht, Ernesto Che Guevara, Chính Hữu, Chế Lan… #1445 Avi Sagild Indberetning I Mørket Fra Den Sidste Marine I Vietnam 1973 · Album · Vi har den samme fjende · Demos # Demos 12 · Denmark
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Whole LP is a 28-poem Vietnam War spoken-word/sound-poetry record. Texts by: Armando Tejada Gómez, Bertolt Brecht, Ernesto Che Guevara, Chính Hữu, Chế Lan… #1446 Avi Sagild Rotterne I Vietnam 1973 · Album · Vi har den samme fjende · Demos # Demos 12 · Denmark
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Whole LP is a 28-poem Vietnam War spoken-word/sound-poetry record. Texts by: Armando Tejada Gómez, Bertolt Brecht, Ernesto Che Guevara, Chính Hữu, Chế Lan… #1447 Avi Sagild Natlig Afsked I Hanoi 1973 · Album · Vi har den samme fjende · Demos # Demos 12 · Denmark
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Whole LP is a 28-poem Vietnam War spoken-word/sound-poetry record. Texts by: Armando Tejada Gómez, Bertolt Brecht, Ernesto Che Guevara, Chính Hữu, Chế Lan… #1448 Dennis Andersson Talking Vietnam Blues 1973 · Album · Dennis · RECA / BASF # RLP 4503 (BASF 141173) · Denmark
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Electronic folk album by Dennis Andersson, a Danish composer. It contained "Talking Vietnam Blues" (Reca # RLP 4503), with lyrics credited to Andersson, and the music credit to Gunner Møller Pedersen (born 5 February 1943 in Aarhus, Denmark) - so not a cover of the well-known Phil Ochs…Notes
Artist credited simply as 'Dennis'. Gatefold cover. Produced at the Octopus Studio, Copenhagen. 'With thanks to Flemming Roeder, who made this experiment… #1449 Dennis Andersson T.V. Blues-Appendix 1973 · Album · Dennis · RECA / BASF # RLP 4503 (BASF 141173) · Denmark
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Artist credited simply as 'Dennis'. Gatefold cover.Produced at the Octopus Studio, Copenhagen. 'With thanks to Flemming Roeder, who made this experiment…
#1450 Gina Pietsch (with Rainer Bloß Combo) Die Ballade Von Gary Rader 1973 · Album · He hör mal zu! · AMIGA (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin) # 8 55 317 · Germany
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LP of German-language versions of US protest songs.Liner notes (1973): H. P. Hofmann. Engineer: Siegbert Schneider; music director: Karl Heinz Ocasek.…
#1451 Karl Heinz (Karl-Heinz Ocasek) Letzter Zug Nach Nürnberg 1973 · Album · He hör mal zu! · AMIGA (VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin) # 8 55 317 · Germany
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LP of German-language versions of US protest songs.Liner notes (1973): H. P. Hofmann. Engineer: Siegbert Schneider; music director: Karl Heinz Ocasek.…
#1452 Various Artists Star Parade 73 (für die Kinder in beiden Staaten Vietnams) 1973 · Compilation · Star Parade 73: Für die kinder in beiden staaten Vietnams · EMI Electrola # 1 C 052-30 082 · Germany
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UNICEF benefit compilation LP "for the children in both states of Vietnam" (DM 2 of the DM 12.50 price to UNICEF); Esther Ofarim, Monika Morell, Melanie,… #1453 Der Naher Kinderchor Die schönsten Kinderlieder (Friedenshilfe Vietnam) 1973 · Album · Die schonsten kinderlieder: Friedenshilfe Vietnam · Metronome [Hamburg] # TDH 7501 · Germany
Credited on the record as Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff präsentiert für Terre des Hommes: Der Naher Kinderchor.
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"The most beautiful children's songs: Peace aid Vietnam"Charity record.
Children
Vietnamese refugees
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Terre des Hommes "Friedenshilfe Vietnam" benefit LP presented by the television host Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff: 16 German folk and children's songs… #1454 Alfredo Bandelli Il Cile É Già Un Altro Vietnam 1973 · Single · Il Cile è già un altro Vietnam / In tutto il mondo uniamoci · Lotta Continua · Italy
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- Italy, peace / protest- A-side: protest against Allende, comparing Chile to Vietnam
- "Chile is already another Vietnam"
- B-side: Socialists will…
#1455 Alfredo Bandelli In tutto il mondo uniamoci 1973 · Single · Il Cile è già un altro Vietnam / In tutto il mondo uniamoci · Lotta Continua · Italy
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"2 — due canzoni internazionaliste di Alfredo Bandelli": a 45 issued as a supplement to no. 237 of the daily Lotta Continua (registered Rome tribunal no.… #1456 Trio Emiliano La pace nel Vietnam 1973 · Single · La pace nel Vietnam / L'8 Marzo - Festa Internazionale Della Donna · Fonola # NP 2137 · Italy
Credited on the record as Allegri cantastorie Trio Emiliano: Dina Boldrini, Adelmo e Piazza Marino; canta Dina Boldrini.
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Fonola NP 2137 (Fonotecnica Fonola, Milan), 45 rpm: "La pace nel Vietnam" (Piazza Marino), sung by Dina Boldrini with the Trio Emiliano, backed with "L'8… #1457 Francesco De Gregori Saigon 1973 · Album · Alice non lo sa · It # ZSLT 70017 · Italy
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"Saigon"Notes
Released April 1973. Label 'It' (RCA-distributed; manufactured by RCA S.p.A.). Arranged/mixed/produced by Edoardo De Angelis with De Gregori. Recorded at… #1458 Rolf Aakervik & Bazar Vietnam 1973 · Album · Det er ikke så enkelt Samspill · Samspill # SAMS 732 · Norway
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VietnamNotes
Recorded January/February 1973 at Arne Bendiksen Studio; producer Harald Are Lund; engineer Nils B. Kvam. Band: Rolf Aakervik (vocals, rhythm guitar),… #1459 Сергей Васильев[Sergey Vasilyev] Гроб Из Вьетнама (Coffin From Vietnam) 1973 · Album · Стихотворения · Мелодия # Д 033829-30 · Russia
Annotation
Poetry track, "Гроб Из Вьетнама" ("Coffin From Vietnam") by Segey Vasiliev (Сергей Васильев) - born on 30 July 1911 in Kurgan, Russian. He died on 2 July 1975 in Moscow, USSR.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Mono. Non-Music / Poetry.Liner notes: Павел Антокольский.
Pressed by Всесоюзная Студия Грамзаписи. ГОСТ 5289-68. No Notes section. 'Coffin From Vietnam', a…
#1460 Stevie Wonder Higher Ground 1973 · Single · Higher Ground / Too High · Tamla # T 54235F · USA
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People keep on learnin'Soldiers keep on warnin'
World keep on turnin'
'Cause it won't be too long
Powers keep on lyin', yeah
While your people keep on dyin'
Wor…
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Producer, Arranged By – Stevie Wonder. Published By – Stein & Van Stock, Inc.; Black Bull Music, Inc. (ASCAP). ℗ Motown Record Corporation. Label matrix A… #1461 Clarence Coulter Ride On (Keep on Riding) 1973 · Single · Ride On (Keep on Riding) / I Been Saved · Hit Track # BW 2001 · USA
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- Soul, Detroit, Michigan- Anti-war, peace
- We don't want to fight no more
- Mono. Label text: 'Black World Records' / 'Brown/Covington Productions'.…
#1462 Joey Morant Peace at Last 1973 · Single · Peace at Last / Peace at Last · Progress # JL 7273 · USA
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- soul, peace, religion, homecoming- artist from Charleston, South Carolina
- thanks for peace in Vietnam
- salute to those returning home
- families are…
#1463 The Bill Dobbins Jazz Orchestra The Balcony 1973 · Album · Textures · Advent # 5003 · USA
Annotation
The Balcony According to sleeve notes: dedicated to the Kent State shooting. Album commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts in 1969. (1)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Side A is the suite 'Textures' (Points / Shapes / Lines), commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1969. The Balcony soloists:… #1464 The Richard Davis Trio Mr. Nixon and General Thieu 1973 · Album · Song for Wounded Knee · Flying Dutchman # FD 10157 · USA
Annotation
Mr. Nixon and General Thieu Jazz, instrumental.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Credited 'The Richard Davis Trio featuring Joe Beck & Jack DeJohnette'.Produced by Bob Thiele; engineer Bob Simpson, remix Bob Arnold; liner notes Nat…
#1465 Barbara Dane Song of the Coats 1973 · Album · I Hate the Capitalist System · Paredon # P-1014 · USA
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Paredon P-1014, "I Hate the Capitalist System" (© 1973), side 2 band 4, 2:50; words and music Xuan Hong, English words Barbara Dane, © 1968; Tim Scott… #1467 Bill Gill There'll Be Peace 1973 · Single · Senator Robert Kennedy / There'll Be Peace · L & A # LA-45-1-73 · Canada
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A-side: pop tribute to RFK, he fought for freedomB-side: generic peace song, probably Vietnam-era
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100% MAPL. Vancouver, Canada. [From Discogs] #1468 Curtis Mayfield If I Were Only a Child Again 1973 · Album · Back to the World · Curtom # CRS 8015 · USA
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Curtom CRS 8015, LP. [From Discogs] #1469 Dick Gregory Duponts, the Draft and Football 1973 · Album · Caught in the Act · Poppy # PP-LA176-G2 · USA
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Vietnam War references. Mainly Nixon / Watergate focused. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #1470 The Watergate Seven The President's Prayer 1973 · Single · Special Investigation / The President's Prayer · Hidden # P-3654 · USA
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"President's Prayer" - reference to bombing of Hanoi etc. Mainly Watergate-related [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #1471 Arlington St. Church Women's Caucus Time-O 1973 · Album · Honor Thy Womanself · GYN # 10173 · USA
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"Time-O" Anti-war, contemporary folk [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #1472 Millhouse The War is Over 1973 · Single · The War is Over / Be What You Believe In · Celebration # CEL 2060X · Canada
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Rock group, released in Canada [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] #1473 Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger Brother, Did You Weep? 1973 · Single · The Wounded Night · Mai # irc 1739 · UK
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Contemporary folk, anti-war, protest. Sleeve and record said: "Benefit for medical aid in Indochina" [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM] A-side of the… #1474 Jim Dandy and The Sugar Beats Bring Us Together 1973 · Single · She's Tuff / Bring Us Together · Dadjo # 3216 · USA
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Bring Us Together (Dandy, Jim) Fol rock, anti-war, Civil Rights War going on, trouble at home - bring us together Poverty, ecology, need to save planet… #1475 The Rose Redwoods White Blossom (Bach Mai) 1973 · Single · The Wounded Night · Mai # irc 1739 · Canada
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B-side of the Canadian benefit single The Wounded Night (Mai 1739, 1973; sleeve: "Benefit for medical aid in Indochina"); the A-side "Brother, Did You… #1476 James Ollivier Viet Nam 1973 · Album · Récital public · Disques Alvarès # C 484 · France
Annotation
The song "Viet Nam" (Disques Alvarès # C 484) is a live cover of the Jean Arnulf song "Chante une femme" under a different title, released on the 1968 album Déjà l'automne. Marc Ogeret also covered the song, on the album Chansons de révolte et d'espoir.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Live recording: James Ollivier reads and sings works of French poets/writers, mostly guitar-accompanied, some plain recitals. Production of La Boîte A…1974
#1477 Vernon Garrett Think People 1974 · Single · Jody Can Ease The Pain / Think People · Gator # G 1201 · USA
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Soul, both sides.A-side: Jody theme - girl lonely, Jody will help.
B-side: think about the soldiers
Younger generation looking for a better way.
Civil…
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Producer Miles Grayson. A-side 'Jody Can Ease The Pain' (2:40) written by B. Lexing, E. Foster, M. Grayson; B-side 'Think People' written by Earl Foster.… #1478 朝倉理恵 [Rie Asakura] ダーちゃんどこへ行く [Da-chan, Where Are You Going?] 1974 · Single · ダーちゃんどこへ行く / 鐘を鳴らすのはだれ · CBS/Sony # SOLB-167 · Japan
Credited on the record as 朝倉理恵.
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Released 1 August 1974. Based on Katsumoto Saotome's children's book ベトナムのダーちゃん (Da-chan of Vietnam). Addressed to a Vietnamese war-orphan girl: barefoot… #1479–1483 横井久美子 [Kumiko Yokoi] ハノイにうたう [Singing to Hanoi] 1974 · Album · むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] # LRS-371 · Japan
All 5 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
#1479 戦車は動けない [Tanks Can't Move] #1480 竹のように美しい [Beautiful Like Bamboo] #1481 誰があいつを [Who Did It to Him] #1482 ブーゲンビリア花咲くハノイよ [Hanoi Where the Bougainvillea Blooms] #1483 母の願い [A Mother's Wish]
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#1479 横井久美子 [Kumiko Yokoi] 戦車は動けない [Tanks Can't Move] 1974 · Album · ハノイにうたう [Singing to Hanoi] · むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] # LRS-371 · Japan
Credited on the record as 横井久美子.
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A1. "Point their muzzles into Vietnam, shoot at children" — 1972 Sagamihara tank blockade むぎぶえレコード (Mugibue Records) LRS-371 (labels also LRS-370-A /… #1480 横井久美子 [Kumiko Yokoi] 竹のように美しい [Beautiful Like Bamboo] 1974 · Album · ハノイにうたう [Singing to Hanoi] · むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] # LRS-371 · Japan
Credited on the record as 横井久美子.
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むぎぶえレコード (Mugibue Records) LRS-371 (labels also LRS-370-A / LRS-370-B), stereo, 33⅓ rpm, ℗ 1974, "All rights reserved. Made by Mugibue no Kai";… #1481 横井久美子 [Kumiko Yokoi] 誰があいつを [Who Did It to Him] 1974 · Album · ハノイにうたう [Singing to Hanoi] · むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] # LRS-371 · Japan
Credited on the record as 横井久美子.
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むぎぶえレコード (Mugibue Records) LRS-371 (labels also LRS-370-A / LRS-370-B), stereo, 33⅓ rpm, ℗ 1974, "All rights reserved. Made by Mugibue no Kai";… #1482 横井久美子 [Kumiko Yokoi] ブーゲンビリア花咲くハノイよ [Hanoi Where the Bougainvillea Blooms] 1974 · Album · ハノイにうたう [Singing to Hanoi] · むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] # LRS-371 · Japan
Credited on the record as 横井久美子.
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むぎぶえレコード (Mugibue Records) LRS-371 (labels also LRS-370-A / LRS-370-B), stereo, 33⅓ rpm, ℗ 1974, "All rights reserved. Made by Mugibue no Kai";… #1483 横井久美子 [Kumiko Yokoi] 母の願い [A Mother's Wish] 1974 · Album · ハノイにうたう [Singing to Hanoi] · むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] # LRS-371 · Japan
Credited on the record as 横井久美子.
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むぎぶえレコード (Mugibue Records) LRS-371 (labels also LRS-370-A / LRS-370-B), stereo, 33⅓ rpm, ℗ 1974, "All rights reserved. Made by Mugibue no Kai";… #1484 Chancel Choir of the First Unitarian Church of Berkeley Requiem for Viet Nam 1974 · Album · Masses in Time of War · First Unitarian Church of Berkeley # NRL 8 · USA
Credited on the record as Chancel Choir, First Unitarian Church, Berkeley, Ca..
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First Unitarian Church of Berkeley NRL 8, stereo, matrix USR 7496-A/B, © 1974 First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Road, Berkeley, California… #1485–1518 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Children Of The Fire 1974 · Album · Sunrise # 144 · USA
All 7 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
#1485 Aftermath #1491 The Bombing #1498 Finale #1515 Prayer #1516 Prelude #1517 Rhythm Ritual #1518 Song Of Life
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#1485 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Aftermath 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA
#1491 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra The Bombing 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA
#1498 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Finale 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA
#1515 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Prayer 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA
#1516 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Prelude 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA
#1517 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Rhythm Ritual 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA
#1518 Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra Song Of Life 1974 · Album · Children Of The Fire · Sunrise # 144 · USA
#1486 Robin St. Pierre Ballad of the Plastic Prince 1974 · Single · Burning Star # 7401 · USA
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Ballad of the Plastic Prince (St. Pierrs, Robin) Folk rock, anti-war, anti-Nixon.
War is over - will we move on? Hawks and doves.
Goodbye Vietnam: tears…
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Burning Star BSM-7401A, stereo, ℗ 1974, Burning Star Music (BMI), time 3:43; "Ballad of the Plastic Prince", lyrics by Bill Kaan, music composed and… #1487–1523 FNL-Grupperna Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam 1974 · Album · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
All 14 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
#1487 Basarbetaren #1489 Befria södern #1492 Det ligger dollar bakom #1495 En vanlig kvinna i Vietnam #1496 Erkänn PRR #1497 Ett helt lands framtid #1499 Framtiden är vår #1502 Folken i Indokina kämpar även för oss #1505 Kambodja ska bli vårt #1506 Kissingers fredsvals #1509 Morgon över Vietnam #1511 När avtalstexten torkat #1521 Vi hjälptes åt #1523 Visan om terroristlagen
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#1487 FNL-Grupperna Basarbetaren 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1489 FNL-Grupperna Befria södern 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1492 FNL-Grupperna Det ligger dollar bakom 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1495 FNL-Grupperna En vanlig kvinna i Vietnam 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1496 FNL-Grupperna Erkänn PRR 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1497 FNL-Grupperna Ett helt lands framtid 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1499 FNL-Grupperna Framtiden är vår 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1502 FNL-Grupperna Folken i Indokina kämpar även för oss 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1505 FNL-Grupperna Kambodja ska bli vårt 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1506 FNL-Grupperna Kissingers fredsvals 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1509 FNL-Grupperna Morgon över Vietnam 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1511 FNL-Grupperna När avtalstexten torkat 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1521 FNL-Grupperna Vi hjälptes åt 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1523 FNL-Grupperna Visan om terroristlagen 1974 · Album · Framtiden är vår, Sånger till Vietnam · Befria # BS-6 · Sweden
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Swedish, anti-war. Collection of 14 Vietnam related folk / protest songs.Befria Södern # BS-6
Framtiden Är Vår - Sånger till Vietnam ("The Future Is Spring - Songs to Vietnam")1
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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LP sleeve "Framtiden är vår — sånger till Vietnam" (yellow, drawing of terraced paddy fields; back cover drawing of an "Erkänn PRR" demonstration), Befria… #1488 Elmer Bernstein My Lai 1974 · Soundtrack · The Trial of Billy Jack · ABC # 853 · USA
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The soundtrack to Tom Laughlin's 1974 sequel The Trial of Billy Jack contained the instrumental song "My Lai Massacre" , composed by Elmer Bernstein. The other films in the series were The Born Losers (1967), Billy Jack (1971), and Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977). The main character,… #1490 Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods Billy, Don't Be a Hero 1974 · Single · Billy, Don't Be a Hero / Don't Ever Look Back · ABC # 11435 · USA
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Group formed in 1965 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The song "Billy Don't Be a Hero" (ABC Records # ABC-11435), an anti-war pop song written by Paper Lace was about the American Civil War - as indicated by the reference to "soldier blue" (the Union Forces) and "ride up" (meaning a soldier on…Notes
ABC Records ABC-11435 (45-16560-S), stereo; "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" (M. Murray/P. Callander), 3:25, publisher Murray-Callander Music, Inc. (ASCAP);… #1493 The Real Pros Die 19 1974 · Single · Die 19 / A Broken Hearted Man · Cinema # CR 7430 · USA
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- "Die 19" - Label: Cinema Records # CR 7430
- Songwriter: Pam Leinweber
- Song poem. Garage rock. Hollywood, California, USA.
- Off to war, 19. The president…
#1494 Les Waldroop Diesel Fuel 1974 · Single · Diesel Fuel / Chunky Gal · Me Too # 4920 · USA
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Diesel Fuel (Waldroop, Les) Country, novelty. Franklin, North Carolina.
About fuel shortage - but Uncle Sam sending fuel to Vietnam
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Me Too Records 4920-A, mono, ℗ 1974, Me Too Records, Franklin, N.C., with a mule's-head logo; "Diesel Fuel" (L. Waldroop), 3:16, Wayah Music, BMI;… #1500 Phil Ochs Here's to the State of Richard Nixon 1974 · Single · Here's to the State of Richard Nixon / Power and Glory · A&M # 1509 · USA
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Here's to the State of Richard Nixon (Ochs, Phil)Contemporary folk. Anti-war, anti-Nixon. Criticism of Nixon administration and policies, including secret wars, such as Cambodia and Laos.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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A&M 1509-S (2620-S), stereo, promotional label marked "Promotion Copy — Not for Sale"; "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon" (Phil Ochs), 2:19, M.… #1501 Sam Adams Impeachment Fever 1974 · Single · Impeachment Fever / Green Peas · May Starman # MSM-1-100 · USA
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Impeachment Fever (Adams, Sam) Watergate, Nixon folk pop novelty.
Reference to China and war policy (i.e. Vietnam)
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May Starman Records MSM-1-100, red label, © 1974; "Impeachment Fever" (Marvin S. Hayes), Days of Old Pub. Co., BMI; Sam Adams, written and produced by… #1503 Holly Near It Could Have Been Me 1974 · Live · A Live Album · Redwood # 3700 · USA
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In 1974 Holly Near, Californian born singer/songwriter recorded live the song "It Could Have Been Me" (Redwood Records # 3700), a response to the Kent State shooting. Holly Near had frequently taken part in anti-war demonstrations, and in 1971 joined the FTA Tour ("Free the Army"), and… #1504 Joan Baez Johnny, I Hardly Knew You 1974 · Single · Johnny, I Hardly Knew Yeh / Where's My Apple Pie · A&M # 8268-S · USA
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As discussed above, Joan Baez played an active and important role in the 1960s/70s protest and civil rights movement. She was born on Staten Island, New York, on 9 January 1941. Her father was born in Puebla, Mexico, and she has spoken of identifying with the Mexican-American community.1… #1507 Al Wilson La La Peace Song 1974 · Single · La La Peace Song / Keep on Lovin' You · Rocky Road # 30,200 · USA
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Rocky Road Records 30,200 (2025-BW), orange label, "Exclusively distributed by Bell Records, a division of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. NYC", ℗ 1974… #1508 Floh de Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp Marsch der Mumien II 1974 · Album · Mumien, Vietnam · pläne # S 33101 · Germany
#1510 The American Spirit My Fellow Americans 1974 · Single · The American Spirit / My Fellow Americans · Mums # ZS7 6028 · USA
Credited on the record as The American Spirit featuring the Voices of the Saint Carmichael Choir.
Annotation
The song "My Fellow Americans" (Mums Records # ZS7 6028) was a narration by Abbott Vaughn Meader impersonating John F. Kennedy, who read out the names of influential Americans, including a diverse field, such as George Washington, Crazy Horse, MLK, RFK, and Daniel Ellsberg, with fanfare,… Notes
Mums ZS7 6028, stereo, purple-and-orange label, ℗ 1974 Mums Records; "Mums Records, a division of Landers-Roberts, Inc., distributed by CBS Records, 51… #1512 Love Committee One Day of Peace 1974 · Single · Golden Fleece # ZS8 3256 · USA
Notes
One Day of Peace (Love Committee) Soul, Vietnam-era. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Peace, anti-war.
Poverty in the US.
Notes
Golden Fleece ZS8 3256 (AA-AF, ZS8 3256-1), mono, "Demonstration Not for Sale"; "One Day of Peace" (A. Felder, R. Tyson, T. Conway), 2:50, published by… #1513 Guy Chandler One Tin Soldier 1974 · Single · One Tin Soldier / Someday, Little Children · Pied Piper # PP-2003 · USA
Notes
Pied Piper Records PP-2003-B, Side 2, stereo, yellow label marked "DJ Copy"; "One Tin Soldier (Theme from Billy Jack)" (printed "Dennis Lampert - Brian… #1514 The Red Star Singers Pig Nixon 1974 · Album · The Force of Life · Paredon # P-1023 · USA
Annotation
The Red Star Singers were a San Francisco-based folk group formed in 1971, featuring Gary Lapow (guitar and lead vocals), Ron Rosenbaum (guitar and vocals), Mike Margulis (bass, French horn and vocals), and Bonnie Lockhart (percussion and lead vocals).1 They only released one album, The… #1519 The Chi-Lites There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table) 1974 · Single · There Will Never Be Any Peace / Too Good to Be Forgotten · Brunswick # B 55512 · USA
Annotation
The song There Will Never Be Any Peace (Chil-Lites, The) General peace song, Vietnam not mentioned. Religion.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Brunswick B 55512 (7-660), stereo; "There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table)" (Eugene Record), 3:29, Julio-Brian Music,… #1520 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson H20 Gate Blues 1974 · Album · Winter in America · Strata-East # SES-19742 · USA
Annotation
The track "H20 Gate Blues" (Strata-East Records # SES-19742) took an 8 minute plus look at social / political issues in Nixon's America, especially regarding the Watergate scandal as suggested in the title. It also addressed the Vietnam War, arguing that it was an unjustified conflict… #1522 Floh de Cologne & Dieter Süverkrüp Viet-Test 1974 · Album · Mumien, Vietnam · pläne # S 33101 · Germany
#1524 Daryl Hall & John Oates War Baby Son of Zorro 1974 · Album · War Babies · Atlantic # SD 18109 · USA
#1525 Bobby Newton When the World's at Peace (Stereo) 1974 · Single · When the World's at Peace · Atlantic # 45-2992 · USA
Notes
Soul / funk, anti-war. Reference to demonstrations.
When will the bombs stop?
Lets learn to love like we kill
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Atlantic 45-2992, vocal, issued with mono (A-27581-PL) and stereo (ST-A-27581-PL) sides; "When the World's at Peace" (K. Gamble, P. Hurtt & B. Sigler),… #1526 Lou Bond Why Must Our Eyes Always Be Turned Backwards 1974 · Album · Lou Bond · We Produce # XPS-1904 · USA
Notes
"Why Must Our Eyes Always Be Turned Backwards" (We Produce Records # XPS-1904) soul record. reference to south and north Vietnam
Why our eyes must…
#1527 Barbara Mason World War Three (Mono) 1974 · Single · World War Three · Buddah # BDA 405 · USA
Notes
Buddah Records BDA 405 promotional "Dual '45'" marked "Not for Sale", mono on one side (BDA 405 A) and stereo on the other (BDAS 405 A); "World War Three"… #1528 Barbara Mason World War Three (Stereo) 1974 · Single · World War Three · Buddah # BDA 405 · USA
Notes
Buddah Records BDA 405 promotional "Dual '45'" marked "Not for Sale", mono on one side (BDA 405 A) and stereo on the other (BDAS 405 A); "World War Three"… #1529 Mighty Cyper Guerillas 1974 · Single · Watergate / Guerillas · Straker's # GS 146 · Trinidad & Tobago
Annotation
Calypso song "Guerillas" is a little hard to decipher, but seems to be a novelty, policy satire, and definitely mentioned the Vietnam War, with the line "I say today fight in Vietnam, people see how they are crawling on their belly". The A-side is of course related to President Richard…Notes
B-side of "Watergate"; arranged and accompanied by Ed Watson Brass Circle, produced by G. Straker, recorded at Semp Studios (Trinidad). Straker's was a… #1530 Rose Marie Rokus Dear World 1974 · Single · Dear World / It's Up to You · United Audio # 7112 · USA
#1531 Rose Marie Rokus It's Up to You 1974 · Single · Dear World / It's Up to You · United Audio # 7112 · USA
#1532 David Mitchell My Lai/ Remuera/ Ponsonby 1974 · Compilation · New Zealand Poets Read Their Works · Waiata # NZPRW R 1 · New Zealand
Notes
From "Pipe Dreams in Ponsonby" (1972); recorded within a 6:53 Mitchell segment (D3) on the 2-LP anthology; reissued on "Classic New Zealand Poets in… #1533 Storm Lt. Calley bjuder upp 1974 · Album · Stormvarning · Harvest # 4E 062-35010 · Sweden
Notes
- Lt. Calley bjuder upp- Swedish prog rock
- My Lai massacre
- Opening track (A1); "Lt. Calley asks you to dance". Lyrics Werup/Sersam, music Karlberg.…
#1534 Skyhooks Whatever Happened to the Revolution 1974 · Album · Living in the 70's · Mushroom # L-35299 · Australia
Annotation
Glam Rock / Hard Rock group formed in 1973 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They disbanded in 1994. It had a revolving line-up, but with the mainstays Greg Macainsh (bass), and Freddie Strauks (drums, percussion , backing vocals). This album, "Living in the 70s" also featured Shirley… #1535 Claire Paix Au Vietnam 1974 · Album · La Réussite ! · SFP (sleeve) / Sonotec (label) # SFP 34030 / S. 34.030 · France
Notes
Artist credited as 'Claire' (Claire Martin-Michon). Triple fold-out sleeve. Double bass: Guy Lacoste. Sonotec appears on the label, SFP on the sleeve. #1536 Unknown Artist Ronde D'Enfants (Sud-Vietnam) 1974 · Compilation · Chants de lutte et d'espoir · Not On Label # SF 7.74.224 · France
Notes
France.Songs of Struggle and Hope
Two VN-related - Ronde D'Enfants (Sud-Vietnam), Testament D'Ho Chi-Minh (extraits)
Notes
'Les communistes de l'ORTF, fête de l'Humanité 7 et 8 Septembre 1974.' 14-page stapled booklet with lyrics. Artwork: Pablo Picasso. Printed by… #1537 Kinder des SOS-Kinderdorfes Saigon Lied des SOS-Kinderdorfes Saigon 1974 · EP · Kinder singen für sie · Hermann-Gmeiner-Fonds Deutschland # TST 77 442 · Germany
Credited on the record as SOS-Kinderdorf Saigon, Vietnam.
Notes
German charity record - SOS Children's villageHumanitarian assistance.
Featuring Vietnamese children - impact of the Vietnam War.
Notes
"Kinder singen für Sie" — 7" 45 EP of the Hermann-Gmeiner-Fonds Deutschland e.V. (Munich), the German support association of the SOS Children's Villages,… #1538–1543 Enrico Intra To the Victims of Vietnam 1974 · Album · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy
All 6 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Notes
Italy, Jazz fusion #1538 1° Movimento #1539 2° Movimento #1540 3° Movimento #1541 Elettronica #1542 4° Movimento #1543 Finale
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#1538 Enrico Intra 1° Movimento 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy
Notes
Italy, Jazz fusionNotes
No track timings given on jacket or LP labels. 'Direzione di orch. Ezio Leoni - Produzione Enrico Intra'; 'Technico de registraz. Bruno Righi con la… #1539 Enrico Intra 2° Movimento 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy
Notes
No track timings given on jacket or LP labels. 'Direzione di orch. Ezio Leoni - Produzione Enrico Intra'; 'Technico de registraz. Bruno Righi con la… #1540 Enrico Intra 3° Movimento 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy
Notes
No track timings given on jacket or LP labels. 'Direzione di orch. Ezio Leoni - Produzione Enrico Intra'; 'Technico de registraz. Bruno Righi con la… #1541 Enrico Intra Elettronica 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy
Notes
No track timings given on jacket or LP labels. 'Direzione di orch. Ezio Leoni - Produzione Enrico Intra'; 'Technico de registraz. Bruno Righi con la… #1542 Enrico Intra 4° Movimento 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy
Notes
No track timings given on jacket or LP labels. 'Direzione di orch. Ezio Leoni - Produzione Enrico Intra'; 'Technico de registraz. Bruno Righi con la… #1543 Enrico Intra Finale 1974 · Album · To the Victims of Vietnam · Rifi # RDZ-ST 14242 · Italy
Notes
No track timings given on jacket or LP labels. 'Direzione di orch. Ezio Leoni - Produzione Enrico Intra'; 'Technico de registraz. Bruno Righi con la… #1544 Enzo Del Re La Rivoluzione 1974 · Album · Il banditore · Not On Label # CP 002 · Italy
Notes
Self-released, mono. Lyrics, music, voice and rhythms by Enzo Del Re (A4 composed by Antonio Infantino). The Vietnam track is 'La Rivoluzione' (B6);… #1545 Fria Proteatern Till Det Kämpande Vietnam 1974 · Album · Koncert i København Okt. 1973 · Demos # DEMOS 19 · Sweden
Annotation
Live version of "Till det kämpande Vietnam" and "Befria södern"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Credited 'Fria Proteatern (NJA Gruppen)'. Denne plade er en optagelse fra FRIA PROTEATERNS to koncerter i Odd-Fellowpalæet i København den 11. og 12.… #1546 Canzoniere Il Contemporaneo Polka infantile 1974 · EP · Cappuccetto Rosso · Not On Label # CONT. 6 · Italy
Credited on the record as Il Contemporaneo.
Notes
Four-track self-released 45 (red label): Cappuccetto Rosso, Filastrocca del pane, Girotondo della libertà, Polka infantile; ildeposito cites the EP under… #1547 The Staple Singers Washington We're Watching You 1974 · Single · Washington We're Watching You / My Main Man / There Is a God · Stax # SS-01559 · USA
Notes
Washington We're Watching YouReference to war
Notes
Track A3. Producer Al Bell. Published by East/Memphis Music (BMI). Silver foil cover original; North Avalon address on labels.Matrix: STXS-0924-2 SS-0643…
#1548 The Red Star Singers Belly of the Monster 1974 · Album · The Force of Life · Paredon # P-1023 · USA
Notes
Paredon P-1023, "The Force of Life" (© 1974), side 2 band 1, 8:00; music David Garber, words The Red Star Singers (written collectively). [From the record… #1549 Chet D'Elia, Eugene Moose, Danny Taylor, Jim Litten, Tom Tofel, Jo Speros, and Eddie Mekka We've Chosen You, Lieutenant/The Star of This War 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Annotation
Notes
Broadway musical from 1975 (the cast double LP is © 1974), only lasted 7 days on the stage.123456
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Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1550 Gene Curty, Eddie Mekka, and Company Overture/Indictment 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1551 Eddie Mekka, Joel Powers, Steven Boockvor, Clark James, Jim Litten, Jim-Patrick McMahon, Joseph Pugliese, Burt Rodriguez, and Tom Tofel Join the Army 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1552 Chet D'Elia, Eugene Moose, Danny Taylor, and Gene Curty Look for the Men With Potential/Kill 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1553 Eddie Mekka, Steven Boockvor, Clark James, Jim Litten, Jim-Patrick McMahon, Joseph Pugliese, Burt Rodriguez, and Tom Tofel I Don't Want to Go Over to Vietnam 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1554 Donald Rayson McGrath, Walt Hunter, Steven Boockvor, Clark James, Jim Litten, Jim-Patrick McMahon, Joseph Pugliese, Burt Rodriguez, and Tom Tofel Eulogy/At 0700 Tomorrow 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1555 Jo Speros, Walt Hunter, Steven Boockvor, Clark James, Jim Litten, Jim-Patrick McMahon, Joseph Pugliese, Burt Rodriguez, and Tom Tofel The Quiet Village/The Attack/The Orders/The Massacre/Something's Gone Wrong 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1556 Chet D'Elia, Walt Hunter, Eddie Mekka, Eugene Moose, and Danny Taylor Twenty-Eight 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1557 Chet D'Elia, Eugene Moose, Danny Taylor, and Tom Tofel Let's Believe in the Captain/Final Report/I Will Make Things Happen 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1558 Joel Powers, Don McGrath, Burt Rodriguez, and Jim Litten He Wants to Put the Army in Jail 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1559 Chet D'Elia, Eugene Moose, Danny Taylor, Eddie Mekka, Steven Boockvor, Clark James, Jim Litten, Jim-Patrick McMahon, Joseph Pugliese, Burt Rodriguez, and Tom Tofel There's No Other Solution/I'm Going Home 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1560 Eddie Mekka Here I Am On Trial for My Life 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1561 Burt Rodriguez The Conscience of a Nation 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1562 Gordon Grody and Eddie Mekka Damned No Matter How He Turned/I Won't Beg 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1563 Gene Curty and Company The Verdict 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1564 Alan K. Siegel, Joel Powers, and Company Finale 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1565 The Band Curtain 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1566 Jim Litten, Tom Tofel, Jo Speros, and Eddie Mekka The Star of This War - 2nd Version 1974 · Musical · The Lieutenant (A Rock Opera In 2-Acts) · Not On Label · USA
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Broadway musical Double LP on plain light-green labels headed "The Lieutenant" with a drawing of an army helmet bearing a lieutenant's bar, © 1974, each… #1567 Don Evans The Black American 1974 · Single · The Black American / Battle Hymn of the Republic · Jewel [Shreveport] # 843 · USA
Notes
- A-side, spoken word Civil Rights protest.- B-side, gospel instrumental
- Reference to slavery, Civil War.
- African-American fought in many war, including…
#1568 Arlo Guthrie Presidential Rag 1974 · Album · Arlo Guthrie · Reprise # MS 2183 · USA
Notes
"Presidential Rag" - you said that you didn't know about the bugs. Doesn't matter what you knew - we voted for you, you must take the blame. Includes…1975
#1569 Free Fare Birth of a Soldier 1975 · Single · Birth of a Soldier / Get Away · Showcase # SO 13883 · USA
Credited on the record as Free Fare, Mike Putman (Vocal).
Notes
Showcase SO 13883, side A, mono; "Birth of a Soldier", Mike Putman (writer), 3:10; Free Fare, Mike Putman (vocal); produced by Lance Abair. [From the… #1570–1611 Various Artists What Now, People? 1975 · Compilation · Paredon # P-2001 · USA
All 5 songs from this compilation in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
What Now People? Volume 1 (Paredon Records # P-2001), released on the label founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements, and which… #1570 The Ballad of the Unknown Soldier #1579 Play Your Guitars, American Friends #1582 A Very Nice Country #1610 It Could Have Been Me #1611 The Allen-Bradley Clock
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#1570 Barbara Dane The Ballad of the Unknown Soldier 1975 · Compilation · What Now, People? · Paredon # P-2001 · USA
#1579 Alfonso Ray Riate Play Your Guitars, American Friends 1975 · Compilation · What Now, People? · Paredon # P-2001 · USA
Annotation
What Now People? Volume 1 (Paredon Records # P-2001), released on the label founded by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber in 1969, whose objective was to "seek out the music and speech, documentary or dialogue, that spring from the conscious artist who relates to people's movements, and which… #1582 Oscar Brand A Very Nice Country 1975 · Compilation · What Now, People? · Paredon # P-2001 · USA
#1610 Holly Near It Could Have Been Me 1975 · Compilation · What Now, People? · Paredon # P-2001 · USA
Notes
Paredon P-2001, "What Now, People?" Vol. 1 (© 1975; Discogs gives 1976), side 1 band 2, 5:37; words and music Holly Near, © 1974 Hereford Music. A studio… #1611 Redwing The Allen-Bradley Clock 1975 · Compilation · What Now, People? · Paredon # P-2001 · USA
Credited on the record as The Redwing.
Notes
Paredon P-2001, "What Now, People?" Vol. 1 (© 1975; Discogs gives 1976), side 2 band 3, 2:53, credited "The Redwing"; words and music Larry Robbin, © 1973… #1571 Inti Illimani Ciudad Ho Chi Minh 1975 · Single · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VVN 33266 · Chile
Credited on the record as Inti-Illimani.
Annotation
The song "Ciudad Ho-Chi-Min" (Movieplay # MOV 5048) by Int-Illimani is an instrumental tribute to the renaming of Saigon as Ho Chi Minh City. It included sound-effects of re-building and Buddhist chants, mixed with Andean folk music. Released in Chile, South America, it fitted into the Nue…Notes
I Dischi dello Zodiaco VVN 33266/A, stereo, 45 giri, ℗ 1975, "Stereo-Quad. SQ Dolby System", S.I.A.E., Ed. Eliseo, "Made in Italy"; "Ciudad Ho Chi Minh"… #1572–1584 Various Artists Vietnam / Kambodja Befriade! 1975 · EP · Befria # BS-7 · Sweden
All 3 songs from this ep in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
Notes
Swedish. Anti-war. Post-war.1Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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#1572 Fria Proteatern Balladen om Rune Henry Johansson 1975 · EP · Vietnam / Kambodja Befriade! · Befria # BS-7 · Sweden
Annotation
Swedish. Live recording from the Stockholm victory celebration, 3 May 1975. Befria Södern # BS-7
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Track A2 of Befria Södern BS 7 "Vietnam Kambodja Befriade!", recorded live at the Vietnam victory celebration in Stockholm on 3 May 1975 and sung by Fria… #1574 FNL-Grupperna Kambodja är befriat 1975 · EP · Vietnam / Kambodja Befriade! · Befria # BS-7 · Sweden
Annotation
Notes
Swedish. Anti-war. Post-war.1Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Befria Södern BS 7 (DFFG 1975), 45 rpm stereo, red labels; picture sleeve "Vietnam Kambodja Befriade!" (yellow, with photographs of Vietnamese children)… #1584 FNL-Grupperna Vietnam är befriat 1975 · EP · Vietnam / Kambodja Befriade! · Befria # BS-7 · Sweden
Annotation
Notes
Swedish. Anti-war. Post-war.1Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Befria Södern BS 7 (DFFG 1975), 45 rpm stereo, red labels; picture sleeve "Vietnam Kambodja Befriade!" (yellow, with photographs of Vietnamese children)… #1573 Perth County Conspiracy Dance of the Fat / You Growing 1975 · Album · Breakout to Berlin · RUMOUR V · Canada
Notes
Dance of the Fat / You Growing (Perth County Conspiracy) "Oh I was once I boy on the streets of Hanoi
When the bandits spoke French and drank Cognac
But…
#1575 Canzoniere Delle Lame Liberiamo il Sud Vietnam 1975 · Tu compagno · Zodiaco # VPA 8243 · Italy
#1576 Perth County Conspiracy Military Spectatorship 1975 · Album · Breakout to Berlin · RUMOUR V · Canada
Notes
Dance of the Fat / You Growing (Perth County Conspiracy) "Oh I was once I boy on the streets of Hanoi
When the bandits spoke French and drank Cognac
But…
#1577 Willie Dixon Our Nation PT-I 1975 · Single · Our Nation · MIL-SMi # MS 103 · USA
Notes
Our Nation PT-I (Dixon, Willie) Soul singer, Mobile, Alabama (different from the famous blues musician).
Political track - references to inflation,…
Notes
Mil-Smi Records MS 103, stereo, orange and brown labels, "Mil-Smi Record, 1207 Michigan Ave., Mobile, Ala. 36605". "Our Nation Pt-I" (Robert Rudolph), MS… #1578 Willie Dixon Our Nation PT-II 1975 · Single · Our Nation · MIL-SMi # MS 103 · USA
Notes
Our Nation PT-I (Dixon, Willie) Soul singer, Mobile, Alabama (different from the famous blues musician).
Political track - references to inflation,…
Notes
Mil-Smi Records MS 103, stereo, orange and brown labels, "Mil-Smi Record, 1207 Michigan Ave., Mobile, Ala. 36605". "Our Nation Pt-I" (Robert Rudolph), MS… #1580 Gil Scott-Heron We Beg Your Pardon America (Promo) 1975 · Single · We Beg Your Pardon America / Superman (Ain't No Such Thing As) · Arista # AS-0117 · USA
Notes
We Beg Your Pardon America (Scott-Heron, Gil) Political commentary, mainly about Watergate.
Reference to My Lai and Lt. William Calley.
Vietnam War: My…
Notes
Arista Records AS-0117-DJB (2118-S-BW), stereo, white label marked "Promotional Copy"; "We Beg Your Pardon America" (Scott-Heron-B. Jackson), 5:17,… #1581 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon) 1975 · Album · The First Minute Of New Day (Midnight Band) · Arista # A 4030 · USA
Annotation
The Scott-Heron track "Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon)" (Arista Records # A 4030), featuring his long-term collaborator Brian Jackson, attacked President Ford for pardoning Nixon after his resignation in 1974. While those who "get caught with a nickel bag...will do big Ben" (i.e.… #1583 Sam Moss Vietnam 1975 · Single · Vietnam / Painting · Earth # E-1003 · USA
Notes
Earth E-1003-P (EALP 1075), Earth Records, 322 W. 48th St., New York; "Vietnam", time 1:01, "From the album ELPS 1003 I Am Curious (Jewish)"; produced by… #1585 Carla Whitney War 1975 · Album · Carla Whitney · Attic # 1005 · USA
Annotation
Obscure Canadian soul singer Carla Whitney released only one album, self-titled Carla Whitney (Attic Records # LAT 1005), backed by Choker Campbell and the "Super Sounds". It contained the track "War" - Campbell arranged, produced, and co-wrote the song (with Horace Williams). Whitney… #1586 Joe Hinton Where Do We Go From Here! 1975 · Single · Where Do We Go From Here! / We've Got Each Other · Hotlanta # HL DJ 308 · USA
Notes
Where Do We Go From Here! (Hinton, Joe) Hotlanta # HL 308
1975, soul music - reference to widows of the soldiers.
Hinton (Born: 15 November 1929,…
Notes
Hotlanta HL DJ 308 [4965], "A Michael Thevis Enterprise", mono, Side A, "For Promotional Use Only", "Mixed for Air Play"; "Where Do We Go From Here!" (Joe… #1587 Maze Jackson Will Israel Be Another Vietnam? 1975 · Album · Gospel Light # GLDE 0368 · USA
Credited on the record as Brother Maze Jackson.
Notes
Gospel Light Records L.P. 0368 (GLDE 0368), 33⅓, white label, Side One "Part 1" and Side Two "Part 2"; "Don & Earl Record Co., P. O. Box 181, Knoxville,… #1588 Moacyr Franco Balada do Vietnam 1975 · Album · Me perderás · Beverly [Brazil] # BLP-81495 · Brazil
Annotation
The song "Balada do Vietnam" (Beverly # BLP-81495), which is a cover Balada do Vietnam by Wilson Simonal, above, also released in Brazil. Franco was born on 5 October 1936 in Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Track A6; cover of Wilson Simonal's "Balada do Vietnam". Produced by Nazareno de Brito; Beverly was a Copacabana-group label. #1589 Dick Lee Blame it On Nixon 1975 · Single · Blame it On Nixon / Picture of Carylon Sue · Stupid # BS 415 · USA
Notes
- Song poem, traditional pop. Both sides relevant.- Label: Stupid # BS 415
- Songwriter (both sides): Terry Thomas, Bobby D. Jackson
- Unknown location.…
#1590 Gene Marshall Hail the Chief 1975 · Single · Hail the Chief / In Old Charlie Company · Preview # 2625 · USA
Notes
- Label: Preview Records # 2625- Songwriter: John Montague (both songs)
- "Hail the Chief"
- Gone is the Watergate, elect him to another term
- So called…
#1591 Los Cañaguateros Canto al Vietnam 1975 · Album · Quién ha dicho...? · Caliente # LCS 153-113 · Colombia
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Vallenato band from Colombia, led by Pedro García (leader, vocals). Other members in the group included: Florentino Montero (accordion), Gregorio Suárez (bass), Danny Castilla (percussion), Leonel Benítez (cowbell), Nacho Zabarain (tumbadora), Calazan González (tumbadora), José Mindiola…Notes
Track A3 of "Quién ha dicho...?" (Caliente LCS 153-113, Colombia, 1975), written by Pedro García, who sings lead. The song is not on "Lo último.....", the… #1592–1594 Various Artists Concert pour les orphelins du Vietnam 1975 · Compilation · MF (2) # MS 75306 / 307 · France
3 of the 4 songs from this compilation in the archive are in this collection
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#1592 Tran Quang Hai Lettre De Nhat Thi Mai 1975 · Compilation · Concert pour les orphelins du Vietnam · MF (2) # MS 75306 / 307 · France
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Benefit double LP: 'Concert for the orphans of Vietnam'.Recorded live at La Mutualité, Paris, 27 June 1973 and at Argenteuil, 13 Dec 1973 (inner gatefold…
#1593 Jean-Louis Vincent Je N'ai Pas Appris À Tuer 1975 · Compilation · Concert pour les orphelins du Vietnam · MF (2) # MS 75306 / 307 · France
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Benefit double LP: 'Concert for the orphans of Vietnam'.Recorded live at La Mutualité, Paris, 27 June 1973 and at Argenteuil, 13 Dec 1973 (inner gatefold…
#1594 Bui Thi Huong Introduction 1975 · Compilation · Concert pour les orphelins du Vietnam · MF (2) # MS 75306 / 307 · France
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Benefit double LP: 'Concert for the orphans of Vietnam'.Recorded live at La Mutualité, Paris, 27 June 1973 and at Argenteuil, 13 Dec 1973 (inner gatefold…
#1595 Colette Magny Les Cages à Tigre 1975 · Album · Transit · Le Chant Du Monde (series: Le Nouveau Chansonnier International) # LDX 74570 · France
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"Nguyễn Đức Thuận who wrote a book detailing his experiences in a South Vietnamese prison, which is one of the inspiration behind Les cages à tigre"11Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Credited to Colette Magny / Free Jazz Workshop. Made in France, (P) 1975. Three sleeve variants (laminated glossy with silver print; two matte).… #1596 Joan Baez Oui, La Guerre Est Gagnée 1975 · Compilation · La lutte du peuple entier jusqu'à la victoire / Hommage du monde entier a la lutte du peuple Vietnamien · Not On Label # none · USA
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France, post-war documentary record, spoken word, contemporary folk songs.Notes
Side A is a montage from documents brought back from Vietnam (speeches, field recordings); side B is 'chants et musique'.Sleeve states record produced by…
#1597 Maurice Fanon Les Orgues De Mr Johnson 1975 · Compilation · La lutte du peuple entier jusqu'à la victoire / Hommage du monde entier a la lutte du peuple Vietnamien · Not On Label # none · France
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Side A is a montage from documents brought back from Vietnam (speeches, field recordings); side B is 'chants et musique'.Sleeve states record produced by…
#1598–1605 Various Artists Generazione Vietnam 1975 · Live · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · Cuba
8 of the 16 songs from this live in the archive are in this collection
#1598 Lettera Alla Mia Amica #1599 Giù Le Mani Dal Vietnam #1600 Argento E Oro #1601 Yankee, Tornatevene A Casa #1602 Giuramento #1603 Erkann Prr #1604 Pirati Dvatzatova Vieka #1605 We Shall Overcome
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#1598 Il Contemporaneo Lettera Alla Mia Amica 1975 · Compilation · Generazione Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · Italy
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Patrocinato dal comitato Italia-Vietnam di Bologna. With booklet.Track A2 of the compilation. From the compilation Generazione Vietnam (I Dischi dello…
#1599 Canzoniere Delle Lame Giù Le Mani Dal Vietnam 1975 · Compilation · Generazione Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · Italy
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'Patrocinato dal comitato Italia-Vietnam di Bologna.' With booklet.Track A3 of the compilation. 'Hands Off Vietnam', from the compilation 'Generazione…
#1600 Il Contemporaneo Argento E Oro 1975 · Compilation · Generazione Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · Italy
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'Patrocinato dal comitato Italia-Vietnam di Bologna.' With booklet.Track A4 of the compilation. From the Vietnam-themed compilation 'Generazione Vietnam',…
#1601 Canzoniere Delle Lame Yankee, Tornatevene A Casa 1975 · Compilation · Generazione Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · Italy
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Patrocinato dal comitato Italia-Vietnam di Bologna. With booklet.Track A5 of the compilation. Yankees, Go Home, from the compilation Generazione Vietnam…
#1602 Il Contemporaneo Giuramento 1975 · Compilation · Generazione Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · Italy
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'Patrocinato dal comitato Italia-Vietnam di Bologna.' With booklet.Track A8 of the compilation. 'Oath', from the Vietnam-themed compilation 'Generazione…
#1603 Norrkopings Grupp Erkann Prr 1975 · Compilation · Generazione Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · Sweden
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'Patrocinato dal comitato Italia-Vietnam di Bologna.' With booklet.Track B4 of the compilation. From the Vietnam-themed compilation 'Generazione Vietnam',…
#1604 Dzilda Mazikaite Pirati Dvatzatova Vieka 1975 · Compilation · Generazione Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · Russia
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'Patrocinato dal comitato Italia-Vietnam di Bologna.' With booklet.Track B7 of the compilation. Title transliterates as 'Pirates of the Twentieth…
#1605 Joan Baez We Shall Overcome 1975 · Compilation · Generazione Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VPA 8251 · USA
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Patrocinato dal comitato Italia-Vietnam di Bologna. With booklet.Track B8 of the compilation. From the Vietnam-themed compilation 'Generazione Vietnam',…
#1606 Daisy Lumini Ninna nanna per un bambino del Vietnam 1975 · Single · La storia dell'uomo ricco / Ninna nanna per un bambino del Vietnam · I Dischi Dello Zodiaco # VVN 33271 · Italy
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"Ninna nanna per un bambino del Vietnam" (Lullaby for a Child From Vietnam)Anti-war, Italian. Also released on the album Il paese dei bambini con la testa.
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B side of "La storia dell'uomo ricco" — I Dischi dello Zodiaco VVN 33271, stereo 45, ℗ 1975 (SIAE; distribution Editoriale Sciascia, Rozzano, Milan);… #1607 Östen Warnerbring Om Kriget I Vietnam 1975 · Album · Skåne · Philips # 6316 023 · Sweden
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The album was originally 1973; this 1975 pressing adds Kivikspolka. Another undated pressing exists. Publishers: Intersong-Förlagen AB (B5). Liner notes… #1608 Gualtiero Bertelli Odineide 1975 · Album · Mi voria saver · I Dischi del Sole # DS 1054/56 · Italy
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Track B1, listed as "Odineide: la note del quel dicioto aprile / el voto de le femene / i do piovani / l'ano santo" — four parts in Venetian dialect, the… #1609 Carlos Puebla Ya está despertando el negro 1975 · Album · Cuba: Songs for Our America · Paredon # P-1018 · Cuba
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Carlos Puebla, born on 11 September 1917 in Manzanillo, Granma, Cuba. He died on 12 July 1989, Havana, Cuba. He was a prominent member of the Nueva trova movement, the Cuban offshoot of Nueva canción latinoamericana, linked with leftist social and political movement in South & Central…
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Track A5 ("Now the Black Man Is Awakening"). Recorded in Cuba. #1612 Corey H. Dietz May 4, 1970 1975 · Album · Death of a Decade, The Kent State Story · Century Advent Recording # USR 7770 · USA
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The record "Death of a Decade: The Kent State Story" featured spoken-word and field recordings about the Kent State killings released in 1975 (Century Advent Recording # USR 7770). It also contained several anti-war song clips, and some referenced those killed at Kent State. The original…
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Side 4 track 1 ("May 4, 1970"); the 2LP runs Prologue / The 1960s / Initial Radical Activity During April 1969 / May 1-3, 1970 / May 4, 1970 / The… #1613 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson South Carolina (Barnwell) 1975 · Album · From South Africa to South Carolina · Arista # AL 4044 · USA
Credited on the record as Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson.
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South Carolina (Scott-Heron, Gil & Brian Jackson) Notes
Arista AL 4044; produced by Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron and The Midnight Band. On the planned nuclear plant at Barnwell, South Carolina. #1614–1616 Bernice Johnson Reagon Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter 1975 · Album · Paredon # P-1028 · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Bernice Johnson Reagon - born 4 October 1942 in Georgia, Atlanta, USA (died 16 July 2024). She was a contemporary folk singer and political activist, prominent in the Civil Rights movement. She released the album Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter (1975),…Show the full entries ▾ · Release page →
#1614 Bernice Johnson Reagon Room in the Circle 1975 · Album · Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter · Paredon # P-1028 · USA
Credited on the record as Bernice Reagon.
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Bernice Johnson Reagon - born 4 October 1942 in Georgia, Atlanta, USA (died 16 July 2024). She was a contemporary folk singer and political activist, prominent in the Civil Rights movement. She released the album Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter (1975),…Notes
Paredon P-1028; producer Barbara Dane; with an 8-page booklet of song texts. Also on the Smithsonian Folkways CD reissue (SF 40049, 1997). #1615 Bernice Johnson Reagon There's a New World Coming 1975 · Album · Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter · Paredon # P-1028 · USA
Credited on the record as Bernice Reagon.
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Paredon P-1028; producer Barbara Dane. #1616 Bernice Johnson Reagon There's a New World Coming 1975 · Album · Give Your Hands to Struggle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter · Paredon # P-1028 · USA
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Bernice Johnson Reagon - born 4 October 1942 in Georgia, Atlanta, USA (died 16 July 2024). She was a contemporary folk singer and political activist,…1985
#1617 Maniacs Vietnam 1985 · Compilation · I Spy My Little Eye · Etiquette # ER 007 · Belgium
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Various artist compilation of Belgium synth pop, contained the song "Vietnam" (Etiquette Records # ER 007) by The Maniacs, from Antwerp, Belgium. It's largely electronic instrumental sounds, with vocal sound clips.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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#1618 Walt Wilder Chicago's 7 Single · Chicago's 7 / Chicago's Old Town · Phils # 1025 · USA
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Born Earl Walter Rodden on 6 January 1936 in Taloga, Oklahoma, USA he died 13 September 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was a member of the Nashville Songwriter’s Association and Country Music Association (CMA).1 His song "Chicago's 7" (Phils Records # 1025) referred to the…Notes
Phils Records, record no. 1025-1, 705 N.W. 4th St., Okla. City, Okla.; Big Swing, BMI ©; "Chicago's '7'" (Tom Greco, Walt Wilder), 2:25. [From the record… #1619 Sonny Starns Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace' Single · Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace' / You Ought to See Her Box · Kom-A-Day # 302 · USA
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Sonny Starns - very obscure rockabilly artist, with no biographical details known at this time, released the song "Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace'" (Kom-A-Day Records # 302). The record label was founded by Floyd Soileau, and is based in Ville Platte, Louisiana, owned by the "Flat Town…Notes
Kom-A-Day Records No. 302 (KOM-3), 45 RPM, marked "Party Record – Not for Radio Play"; "Everybody Wants a 'Lil Peace'" (S. Starns), 2:39, Flat Town Music… #1620 Flora Molton The Sun Will Shine in Vietnam Single · The Sun Will Shine in Vietnam / I Heard It Through the True Vine · Molton # 2 · USA
Credited on the record as Flora Molton accompanied by Ed Morris.
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Flora Molton, born in Louisa County, Virginia in 1908, started out as a gospel singer, as well as preaching (following in the footsteps of her father). Partly blind from birth, she moved to Washington D.C. in the 1930s, switching to guitar in 1943. She spent most of the 1940s and 1950s… Notes
Molton's Record, Record No. 0002, 463 Neal Street, NW, Wash. D.C.; "The Sun Will Shine in Vietnam" by Flora Molton accompanied by Ed Morris, 2:27, Lomton… #1621 Myrtis Hardeman Speak to Vietnam Single · Speak to Vietnam / Mercy on Saigon · NRC # 45-007 · USA
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Described on the single as "The Blind Gospel Singer", released in Georgia, Atlanta, USA - otherwise nothing else is know about this artist - in fact, even the description is not entirely accurate, as it's Blues more than Gospel. Both sides of course are related to the Vietnam War,… Notes
NRC 740 / 45-007, blue label headed "Myrtis Hardeman, 169 Elm St. Apt. 47, Atlanta, Georgia"; side 1 "Speak to Vietnam", side 2 "Mercy on Saigon", both… #1622 Myrtis Hardeman Mercy on Saigon Single · Speak to Vietnam / Mercy on Saigon · NRC # 45-007 · USA
Credited on the record as Myrtis Hardeman, The Blind Gospel Singer.
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Described on the single as "The Blind Gospel Singer", released in Georgia, Atlanta, USA - otherwise nothing else is know about this artist - in fact, even the description is not entirely accurate, as it's Blues more than Gospel. Both sides of course are related to the Vietnam War,… Notes
NRC 740 / 45-007, blue label headed "Myrtis Hardeman, 169 Elm St. Apt. 47, Atlanta, Georgia"; side 1 "Speak to Vietnam", side 2 "Mercy on Saigon", both… #1623 Buelah Palmer My Man in Vietnam Single · My Man in Vietnam / Cried Daddy Daddy · Bem Sole # 1005 · USA
Credited on the record as Buelah Palmer with 3rd Avenue.
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The song "My Man in Vietnam" (A Bem Sole Record # 1005), by an obscure deep soul/funk singer Beulah Palmer, signed to a Los Angeles, California based record label, asked "Mr. President, Mr. Congressman" to "please stop the war from going on" . Her man was in Vietnam, and she wanted him to… Notes
"A Bem Sole Record", Bem Music Inc., 8900 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles; 1005, Side 2; "My Man in Vietnam" (Willie Harris), Bem Music, BMI, 2:03; Buelah… #1624 Al Grannum Why Is It? Single · When I Come Home / Why Is It? · A & G # AG 2040 · USA
Credited on the record as Al Grannum and His Granulated Souls.
Annotation
Double-sided anti-Vietnam War single, with the tracks "Why Is It?" and "When I Come Home" (A & G Records # AG 2041) - this label was almost certainly based in New York, with A & G standing for Al Grannum, a radio DJ for WLIB. His program in the late 1960s and early 1970s focused on R&B… Notes
A & G Records, green labels, 45 RPM, Manaster Music BMI; Al Grannum and His Granulated Souls. "When I Come Home" (Forman & L. Ortiz), AG 2041, 2:55; "Why… #1625 Al Grannum When I Come Home Single · When I Come Home / Why Is It? · A & G # AG 2040 · USA
Credited on the record as Al Grannum and His Granulated Souls.
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The second track "When I Come Home" was narrated from the perspective of "a soldier serving my country" . He wondered why he had to kill other people. He hoped that when he returned to the US there would be a "lasting peace" in honour of those that had died.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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A & G Records, green labels, 45 RPM, Manaster Music BMI; Al Grannum and His Granulated Souls. "When I Come Home" (Forman & L. Ortiz), AG 2041, 2:55; "Why… #1626 Phil Barr His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a Gun) Single · When I Hear My Children's Prayer / His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a Gun) · Bab-Roc # 7 · USA
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The R&B song "His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a Gun)" (Bab-Roc Records # 007) by Phil Barr - once again, a totally obscure artist, and undated record. It was released on Rosco Gordon's New York label Bab-Roc, formed in 1969 (considering the catalogue number, this record may have been… Notes
Bab-Roc Records 007-B, red label, 70 Lenox Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10026, Suite 2K, 45 rpm, "A Les Paul Production"; "His Homework's Done (Give Your Son a… #1627 Pat Bohlman & Edwin Maderia Viet Nam Single · Viet Nam / St. Ann's · Green Mountain # GM-101 · USA
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The country anti-war track "Viet Nam" (Green Mountain # GM-101), by the obscure artists Pat Bohlman and Edwin Maderia, expressed the view that the war was harming the US, but it also noted the ongoing peace negotiations in Paris, which the song described as "doing well". The negotiations…Notes
Green Mountain GM-101 (SoN 80581), green label; "Viet Nam", time 3:53, written by Pat Bohlman & Edwin Maderia; credited to Pat Bohlman and Edwin Maderia.… #1628 T.W. Cartwright Thoughts on Vietnam Single · Thoughts on Vietnam / The Golden Book · Cartwheel [Fruitland Park] # 7475 · USA
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The country song "Thoughts on Vietnam" (Cartwheel # 664) questioned the point of foreign intervention and the logic behind the Domino Theory - that the collapse of South Vietnam into the control of the communist north would trigger the collapse of democracy in other countries and threaten… Notes
Cartwheel, Fruitland Park, Fla., T4KM-7475 / 664P-7475; "Thoughts on Vietnam" (Cartwright). No time or publisher printed. [From the record sleeve and… #1629 Art Damouth Cambodia and Viet Nam Single · Cambodia and Viet Nam / I Love You So · POW WOW # 45-200 · USA
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The song "Cambodia and Viet Nam" (Pow Wow # 200) wanted to end the war and bring home the soldiers because "it's not right" that they "shoulder the burden alone" , and that the young boys have "not had a chance to live" . This is another interesting example of a country track the did not…Notes
POW WOW 45-200 (PW-45-100-A), 3223 Morganford Rd., St. Louis, Mo.; Rolando Music (BMI); "Cambodia and Viet Nam" (Arthur Damouth Jr.), 2:32; producer… #1630 Norm Burns The Babies of My Lai Single · Sterling # S-547 · USA
Credited on the record as Norm Burns & the Satelites.
Annotation
Another song-poem about My Lai, released in Boston, Massachusetts - these are song lyrics, sent to specialist publishing and recoding companies, usually in response to an advertisement, that have been set to music for a fee (around $200-400).1 Composed by Ann Parks and Lew Tobin (he… Notes
Blue Sterling Records label, S-547, matrix 28133, 45 rpm, ASCAP; "The Babies of My Lai" (Ann Parks and Lew Tobin), time 2:45; arranger Roger Baker;… #1631 Lorenzo Martinez A Sigh for My Lai Single · A Sigh for My Lai / I Am a chicano · MORE [Albuquerque] # 45-8017 · USA
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The Mexican-American / Chicano song "A Sigh for My Lai" (MORE Records # 45-8017) by Lorenzo Martinez focused its attention on the My Lai Massacre and Lt. William Calley - the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in the South Vietnamese villages of My Lai and Song My by US forces on 16… Notes
M·O·R·E ("minority owned record enterprises"), 1205 Lester, N.E., Albuquerque, N.M. 87112; 45-8017; "A Sigh for My Lai" (Roberto Martinez), time 1:59;… #1632 Rulie Garcia Ballad of Daniel Ellsberg Single · The Ballad of Daniel Ellsberg / Moon Rover · Doré # 863 · USA
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Born Raul Medina Garcia, most of his music was released under the name Johnny Chingas. He was born in Mexico, and immigrated to the US with his family as a child.12 The song "Ballad of Daniel Ellsberg" (Doré # 863) focused on the Pentagon Papers - a top-secret study on the history of US… Notes
Doré 863 (45-LJB-707), black label with feather logo; "The Ballad of Daniel Ellsberg" (Raul Garcia), time 2:04, Hillary Music Inc.-Katinga Music (BMI);… #1633 Al & Roger Chort The Soldier's Last Letter Single · The Soldier's Last Letter / Back From the Road · Truth # TR-100 · USA
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The country song "The Soldier's Last Letter" (Truth Records Inc. # TR-100) by Al & Roger Chort took an anti-war, anti-Nixon position, as well as looking at the home front perspective. It was released in El Monte, California, USA, Los Angeles County. The spoken-word introduction said that…Notes
Truth Records Inc. TR-100-A, 45 RPM, "Non Profit", P.O. Box 102, El Monte, California; label headed "Free – T.R.I. to help"; "The Soldier's Last Letter",… #1634 Shades Let Us Vote Single · Let Us Vote / Sower and His Seeds · Out of Sight # 2454 · USA
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- Garage, folk rock, anti-war, vote, draft, generation gap- Uncle Sam give us the vote
- Receive our induction, given a gun, and learn to kill
- But unable…
#1635 West Please! Mr. President (Give Them a Date) Single · Please! Mr. President (Give Them a Date) / Mad Dog Oakie Shuffle · August # 33 · USA
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"Please! Mr President (Give Them a Date)" (West)psychedelic rock.
only partial recording
Written by D. Cimino and M. McCasland with music by C. Cimino.
Publis…
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August Record Company #33, yellow-green label overstamped "Promotion Copy"; "Please! Mr. President (Give Them a Date)", 3:23, Monterey Park Music Pub.,… #1636 Jodi Hawkins Four Children Single · Four Children / Time · Boon # ARA 6570 · USA
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Four Children (Hawkins, Jodi)Contemporary folk. Anti-war. Kent State shootings.
Description of the day and protest, then confrontation with the National…
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Boon Records, 1238 E. Pierce, Phoenix, Arizona; ARA 6570, 45 RPM; "Four Children" (Jodi Hawkins), time 3:00; plain black label with silver print. [From… #1637 Danny Cox Red, White and Blue Single · Christmas Medley / Red, White and Blue · Cowtown # CR-002 · USA
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Soul, anti-warSons and daughters crossed borders, into Vietnam.
Being shot down. Dreaming of coming home
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Discogs lists two Cowtown Records singles with this B-side: Christmas Medley (The Little Drummer Boy / Joy To The World) / Red, White And Blue (release… #1638 Alphonso Hamilton I Came Back (I Know I Am Equal) Single · I Came Back (I Know I Am Equal) / I Came Back (I Just Want Peace) · Gatewood # AH 203 · USA
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I Came Back (I Know I Am Equal) - Vietnam, civil rights songs, both sideNotes
Gatewood Record 203, yellow label, Flint, Mich. (313) 78-51683; Part 1 (AH 203 A) "I Came Back (I Know I Am Equal)", 3:30; Part 2 (AH 203 B) "I Came Back… #1639 Alphonso Hamilton I Came Back (I Just Want Peace) Single · I Came Back (I Know I Am Equal) / I Came Back (I Just Want Peace) · Gatewood # AH 203 · USA
Annotation: see “I Came Back (I Know I Am Equal)” above (same release).
#1640 Wade Bryant Fighting Children Single · Fighting Children / Birthday For A Soldier · Em-Jay # EJS 116 · USA
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Fighting Children (Bryant, Wade)Birthday for a Soldier (Bryant, Wade)
Soul, gospel.
Augusta, Georgia.
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7" 45 RPM. Discogs note: 'Wade Bryant sings over an arpeggiated piano accompaniment in a style similar to "Unchained Melody".' Em-Jay Records is a… #1641 Norman Brooks Let Lay the Weapons Down & Join Hands Single · Let Lay The Weapons Down & Join Hands / That Freedom Plane · Aycee # AR 1284 · USA
Credited on the record as Norman Brooks and the Aycee Bilbrew Singers.
Notes
Soul / gospel, anti-warA-side: lay weapons down, march forward together
B-side: step onboard soldiers, coming home.
President held a conference (Paris peace…
Notes
Aycee Records AR 1284, Side 1, yellow label; publishers Rogers & Van Buren (BMI), time 3:05; writer and director Aycee Bilbrew. [From the record label] #1642 Sound-Of-Experience Theme From Welcome-Home (From the War) Single · Theme From Welcome-Home (From the War) / Easy Come, Easy Go · Community # C-300 · USA
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Theme From Welcome-Home (From the War) (Sound-Of-Experience)Soul. Around early-1970s. Hollis, New York.
Welcome home from the war - many wounded and many…
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Community Record Productions C-300B, 45 RPM, Hollis, L.I., N.Y.; "Theme From Welcome-Home (From the War)" (Robinson-Smalls), 2:37, marked "Music",… #1643 Johnny Gilliam Peace on Earth Single · Peace on Earth / Tell Your Friend (It's Over) · Cancer # 2372 · USA
Credited on the record as Johnny Gilliam and Everything Nice.
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Peace on Earth (Gilliam, Johnny)Soul, anti-war / peace. Civil rights.
Treat people equally
There's a war going on that we can't stop
Men on the fighting…
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Cancer Records No. 2372 (LH-8089), red label; "Peace on Earth" (Gilliam), 3:30, Swope Music, BMI; credited to Johnny Gilliam and Everything Nice; arranged… #1644 Lillian Lopez Every Mother's Son Single · Every Mother's Son / Wish I Could Be Back There · Camco # 1972 · USA
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Soul, home front perspective, PTSD, leans anti-war, religion.Released around 1972-73.
Son home from the war for 6 months now but I don't know him.
What have…
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Camco Enterprises #1972 A, green label, 45 RPM; "Every Mother's Son" (Lillian Lopez), time 3:03, Camco Enterprises (ASCAP); arranged and conducted by Gary… #1645 Consuelo Vidal Una niña de Viet-Nam Album · Voy en mi carrusel - Canciones infantiles de Olga Navarro · Areito # LD-3970 · Cuba
Credited on the record as Consuelito Vidal.
Annotation
A collection of Cuban children's songs, which featured the song "Una niña de Viet-Nam" ("A Girl From Viet Nam") (Areito # LD-3970).Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Track A6, sung by Consuelo Vidal with Orquesta EGREM (orchestration Luis Chanivecky); recorded at Estudios EGREM. Marta Falcón sings side B. Cuban… #1646–1651 Musik- und Theatergruppe Heidelberg Vietnam dein volk geht voran EP · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 2 · Germany
All 6 songs from this ep in the archive are in this collection
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West German - in support of North Vietnam, opposition to US.Comes with 12 page booklet with lyrics, music, and commentary.
Organised by Indochina-Komitte…
#1646 An das kämpfende Vietnam (Albanisches Solidaritätslied) #1647 Lied über das Pariser Abkommen #1648 Transportarbeiterlied #1649 Denn wohin das Wasser geht, dahin geht der Fisch #1650 Lied der Befreiungsarmee #1651 Befreit den Süden – Lied der FNL
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#1646 Musik- und Theatergruppe Heidelberg An das kämpfende Vietnam (Albanisches Solidaritätslied) EP · Vietnam dein volk geht voran · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 2 · Germany
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West German - in support of North Vietnam, opposition to US.Comes with 12 page booklet with lyrics, music, and commentary.
Organised by Indochina-Komitte…
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Verlag Jürgen Sendler V.J.S. 2, West Germany, 7" 45 stereo EP with a 12-page booklet of sheet music and texts; issued for the Indochina-Komitees… #1647 Musik- und Theatergruppe Heidelberg Lied über das Pariser Abkommen EP · Vietnam dein volk geht voran · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 2 · Germany
Annotation: see “An das kämpfende Vietnam (Albanisches Solidaritätslied)” above (same release).
#1648 Musik- und Theatergruppe Heidelberg Transportarbeiterlied EP · Vietnam dein volk geht voran · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 2 · Germany
Annotation: see “An das kämpfende Vietnam (Albanisches Solidaritätslied)” above (same release).
#1649 Musik- und Theatergruppe Heidelberg Denn wohin das Wasser geht, dahin geht der Fisch EP · Vietnam dein volk geht voran · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 2 · Germany
Annotation: see “An das kämpfende Vietnam (Albanisches Solidaritätslied)” above (same release).
#1650 Musik- und Theatergruppe Heidelberg Lied der Befreiungsarmee EP · Vietnam dein volk geht voran · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 2 · Germany
Annotation: see “An das kämpfende Vietnam (Albanisches Solidaritätslied)” above (same release).
#1651 Musik- und Theatergruppe Heidelberg Befreit den Süden – Lied der FNL EP · Vietnam dein volk geht voran · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 2 · Germany
Annotation: see “An das kämpfende Vietnam (Albanisches Solidaritätslied)” above (same release).
#1652–1654 Drum Links Mannheim Album · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 3 · Germany
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Germany #1652 An das kämpfende Vietnam #1653 Wohin das Wasser geht, dahin geht der Fisch #1654 Frontkämpferlied
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#1652 Drum Links An das kämpfende Vietnam Album · Mannheim · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 3 · Germany
Credited on the record as Drum Links Mannheim.
Notes
GermanyNotes
Verlag Jürgen Sendler V.J.S. 3, West Germany, LP 33 stereo (same publisher as the Heidelberg EP V.J.S. 2); undated — the B side runs from Vietnam through… #1653 Drum Links Wohin das Wasser geht, dahin geht der Fisch Album · Mannheim · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 3 · Germany
Credited on the record as Drum Links Mannheim.
Annotation: see “An das kämpfende Vietnam” above (same release).
#1654 Drum Links Frontkämpferlied Album · Mannheim · Verlag Jürgen Sendler # V.J.S. 3 · Germany
Credited on the record as Drum Links Mannheim.
Annotation: see “An das kämpfende Vietnam” above (same release).
#1655 Simone Bartel Comme l'ecrit L'A.F.P. EP · Chansons pour le Viet-Nam · Tribune Socialiste # T.S. 1 · France
Notes
French protestNotes
Tribune Socialiste T.S. 1, 45 tours, Gravure Universelle, green label, "Made in France"; four songs, all "Paroles et musique de J. Baumgarten": face A… #1656–1658 Simone Bartel Chansons pour le Viet-Nam EP · Tribune # T.S. 1 · France
All 3 songs from this ep in the archive are in this collection
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#1656 Simone Bartel Fille du Viet-Nam EP · Chansons pour le Viet-Nam · Tribune # T.S. 1 · France
Annotation: see “Comme l'ecrit L'A.F.P.” above (same release).
#1657 Simone Bartel Jim and John EP · Chansons pour le Viet-Nam · Tribune # T.S. 1 · France
Annotation: see “Comme l'ecrit L'A.F.P.” above (same release).
#1658 Simone Bartel L'assistance Americaine EP · Chansons pour le Viet-Nam · Tribune # T.S. 1 · France
Annotation: see “Comme l'ecrit L'A.F.P.” above (same release).
#1659 Ron Murry What If They Gave a War Single · What If They Gave a War / Love Train · Genna # 1001 · USA
Notes
Soul, anti-war.Corrupt leaders, we must refuse to fight
Notes
Genna Records 1001. A-side written and produced by J. Moore (Johnny Moore); B-side Love Train written by D. Mancha (Don Juan Mancha). Published by Muriel… #1660 Steve Dorrier Letter to the President Single · Letter to the President / What's the Matter With Mommie · Major # MS 1007 · USA
Notes
Letter to the President (Dorrier, Steve)Child narration. Father died in Vietnam, asked president to end the war. Peace / anti-war, but also patriotic…
Notes
Major Records MS 1007, blue label, P. O. Box 2072, Waynesboro, Va., "A Major Studio Production"; A-side "Letter to the President" (Minnie T. Bransford),… #1661 Steve Dorrier What's the Matter Mommie Single · Letter to the President / What's the Matter Mommie · Major # MS 1007 · USA
Annotation: see “Letter to the President” above (same release).
#1662–1679 Ted Studebaker Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! Album · USA
All 18 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
Ted Studebaker, born in West Milton, Ohio (near Dayton) in 1945, was a conscientious objector because of his religious beliefs. Yet, he told his draft board that he was willing to go to Vietnam in a peace / civilian role. He joined the Vietnam Christian Service as an agriculturalist,… #1662 Come, Go With Me #1663 Howard Royer and Ted [1] #1664 Howard Royer and Ted [2] #1665 Howard Royer and Ted [3] #1666 Howard Royer and Ted [4] #1667 I Love the Mountains #1668 Koho Congregational Singing #1669 Kum Ba Yah #1670 Silent Night (With A. Nam) #1671 Study War No More #1672 Ted [1] #1673 Ted [2] #1674 Ted [3] #1675 Vietnamese Song (With A. Nam) #1676 Vietnamese Song No. 2 #1677 Vietnamese Song No. 3 #1678 Vietnamese Song No. 4 #1679 Wedding Music
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#1662 Ted Studebaker Come, Go With Me Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation
Ted Studebaker, born in West Milton, Ohio (near Dayton) in 1945, was a conscientious objector because of his religious beliefs. Yet, he told his draft board that he was willing to go to Vietnam in a peace / civilian role. He joined the Vietnam Christian Service as an agriculturalist,…Notes
GS-1000 (labels GS 1000 A / GS 1000 B), stereo, 33 1/3 RPM, plain gold labels titled "Life Is Good, Yea! Ted Studebaker in Vietnam", with no label name… #1663 Ted Studebaker Howard Royer and Ted [1] Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1664 Ted Studebaker Howard Royer and Ted [2] Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1665 Ted Studebaker Howard Royer and Ted [3] Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1666 Ted Studebaker Howard Royer and Ted [4] Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1667 Ted Studebaker I Love the Mountains Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1668 Ted Studebaker Koho Congregational Singing Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1669 Ted Studebaker Kum Ba Yah Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1670 Ted Studebaker Silent Night (With A. Nam) Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1671 Ted Studebaker Study War No More Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1672 Ted Studebaker Ted [1] Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1673 Ted Studebaker Ted [2] Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1674 Ted Studebaker Ted [3] Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1675 Ted Studebaker Vietnamese Song (With A. Nam) Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1676 Ted Studebaker Vietnamese Song No. 2 Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1677 Ted Studebaker Vietnamese Song No. 3 Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1678 Ted Studebaker Vietnamese Song No. 4 Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1679 Ted Studebaker Wedding Music Album · Ted Studebaker in Vietnam: Life Is Good, Yea! · USA
Annotation: see “Come, Go With Me” above (same release).
#1680 Lillie Bates Dilemma Single · A Man Named Wallace / Dilemma · American # 28395 6 · USA
Credited on the record as Lillie Bates, Marc Lewis and The Counts.
Annotation
A-side: vote Wallace in '72.B-side: communist slaughtering our boys in Vietnam.
Lt. Calley is a scapegoat, he followed orders.
Must stop the war.
Elect Wallace and get rid of the rats in the White House
Reference to Nixon
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Broadway musical American Records, Side 2, 28396, white label with red outer band and blue centre ring; "Dilemma" (Lillie Bates), Pinpoint Pub., BMI;… #1681 J. Jackson Holcomb Wars! Single · Queen City, Five-Ninety-Nine / Wars! · Lost River # LR-101 · USA
Notes
Wars! (J. Jackson Holcomb) Country, anti-war, soldier's perspective, P.O.W.
I was a teen when I joined the marines - to see the world and become a man
But…
Notes
Lost River Records LR-101 (CRLX-7307152), stereo, 2:45, BMI; (J. Jackson Holcomb); 340 Hansen Ave., Burley, ID. [From the record label] #1682 Dan Henderson Dear Son Single · Puppets / Dear Son · Dynamic # DY-119 · USA
Notes
Dear Son (Henderson, Dan)Soldier's perspective - leans towards anti-war.
Christmas Vietnam.
From San Antonia, Texas.
Notes
Dynamic Records DY-119-2, Epp's Music, BMI; "Dear Son" (Henderson, Vasquez); producer Abe Epstein Studios; "Made in USA by Epstein Enterprises, San… #1683 Artie Fullilove Santa Claus Please Listen to Me Single · Santa Claus Please Listen to Me / Reindeer Walk · Marlu # MA-1001 · USA
#1684 Virgin Spring Vietnam Single · Vietnam / Easy · Kel # 45-8524 · USA
Annotation
"Vietnam" (Kel # 45-8525) by Virgin Spring. Label1Contemporary pop/folk. Anti-war
Sources
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Kel 45-8524, red label, "Oshkosh, Wisconsin", 45 R.P.M.; "Vietnam" (David DiCianni), 2:30, Kelas Pub. Co. (BMI); produced by Kelly DiCianni. [From the… #1685 Jerry Lee "Smoochy" Smith World Si-Tuation Single · The Alley / World Si-Tuation · Chimes # 1003 · USA
Notes
Rockabilly / garage rock protest.War going on in Vietnam, our soldier are fighting the Vietcong
Also draft card burning, red Chinese, KKK, Civil Rights,…
Notes
Chimes Records 1003-B, 1518 Chelsea Ave, Memphis, Tenn., red label; "World Si-Tuation" (J. Smith-T. Gardiner), 2:30, Pub. Tom-Lee Pub. Co. Inc., BMI.… #1686 Wayne Gentry Product of a War Machine Single · Gas Station Woes / Product of a War Machine · Mr. Music # MM-004 · USA
Notes
"Product of a War Machine" (Gentry, Wayne) (Mr. Music Records # MM-004)Garage rock. Nashville, Tennessee.
Anti-war.
Notes
Mr. Music Records MM-004-B, yellow label, 1018 16th Ave. S., Nashville, Tennessee 37212; "Product of a War Machine" (Ron Shuey-W. Gentry), 3:59,… #1687 Fire and Ice UnLimited Cry of America Single · Cry of America / Spooky · Jalex # M 0126 · USA
Notes
The song "Cry of America" (Fire and Ice Unlimited)Garage rock. Anti-war.
Narrator's son died in war - Vietnam-era.
Notes
Jalex Records M 0126B, 45 R.P.M., vocal, white label; "Cry of America" (B. Curtiss - D. Brunet), time 3:15; Fire and Ice Unlimited. [From the record… #1688 Ward Frederick Dear Mama Single · Dear Mama / Sound of My Life · Ward Frederick # GO11 · USA
Notes
The song "Dear Mama" by Ward Frederick - claims that it is neither for or against the war. But the narrator, a soldier in Vietnam, expresses major doubts…Notes
GO11B, label headed "Ward Frederick", 2724 N. Lehman Court, Chicago, Illinois 60614; "Dear Mama" (Ward Frederick), time 3:14. Yellow label. [From the… #1689 Dick Unteed That Crazy War Single · That Crazy War / 11 More Months & 10 More Days · Rural Rhythm # RRDU 45-714 · USA
Notes
The song That Crazy War (Unteed, Dick)bluegrass. anti-war. reference to first and second world wars.
Notes
Rural Rhythm Presents RRDU 45-714, side one, 45 RPM; "That Crazy War" (arr. Uncle J. O'Neal), time 2:53, Sage Brush Music (BMI); Dick Unteed, "From RRDU… #1690 Bob Lewis Johnny Comes Marching Home Single · Johnny Comes Marching Home / Johnny's March · Om # WP-101 · USA
Notes
Om Records WP-101A / WP-101B, cream and black labels, 5 Arts, 116 Central Park South, New York; "Johnny Comes Marching Home" (B. Lewis) and "Johnny's… #1691 Bob Lewis Johnny's March Single · Johnny Comes Marching Home / Johnny's March · Om # WP-101 · USA
Annotation: see “Johnny Comes Marching Home” above (same release).
#1692 A Brother and Babin A Sign of Peace Single · A Sign of Peace / Instrumental · Isle City # 4444 · USA
Notes
Sign of Peace, A (Brother and Babin, A)Notes
Isle City Records 4444-A (LH-7190), Galveston Island, Texas, stereo, 45 RPM, "An Adams-Ethridge Production"; "A Sign of Peace" (Babin-O'Conner),… #1693 Valentine Buxton Toy Soldiers Single · Toy Soldiers / Next Thing to Nothing · Resco # 614 · USA
Notes
Toy Soldiers (Buxton, Valentine)Country / traditional pop.
Vietnam-era generic.
Boy plays with toys, but now fights in a "foolish adult war" .
Notes
Resco No. 614 (LH-8712), 45 RPM, stereo, red and white label; "Toy Soldiers" (Valentine Buxton), Little Anne Music, BMI, 3:12; producers Russ Reeder and… #1694 Mike Thomas Bridging the Generation Gap Single · Bridging the Generation Gap / Echoes of Love · Tin Pan Alley # TPA 50-537 · USA
Notes
Bridging the Generation Gap (Thomas, Mike)Song poem
Generic 60s protest, Vietnam-era
Respect the young, modern times
Grow your hair
Notes
Tin Pan Alley Records TPA 50-537B, Tin Pan Alley, Inc., Lake Grove, New York 11755; "Bridging the Generation Gap" (James N. Melson), Juke Box Alley… #1695 Gene Marshall Say a Prayer for Vietnam Single · My Love Is Yours / Say a Prayer for Vietnam · Preview # 2294 · USA
Notes
Say a Pray for Vietnam (Marshall, Gene)Preview Records # 2294
Song-poem. Traditional pop. Anti-war / peace. Patriotic. Religion.
Composed by Carleton E.…
Notes
Preview Records 2294-2, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood, purple label; "Say a Prayer for Vietnam" (Carleton E. Vaughn), Arthur Music A.S.C.A.P., 2:20. [From the… #1696 Gene Marshall The Young Generation Single · A Love That's Merely a Dream / The Young Generation · Preview # 1701 · USA
Notes
Young Generation, The (Marshall, Gene)Song-poem, folk rock.
Younger generation want to make changes, not start a revolution.
Make corrections and not…
Notes
Preview Records, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood, 1701 (side 1701-2); "The Young Generation" (Sam Piizzi), 2:20, Arthur Music, ASCAP. [From the record sleeve and… #1697 Dick Kent A Prayer for Peace Single · A Prayer for Peace / Time and Again · M.S.R. # 414 · USA
Notes
M.S.R. Records 414-2, maroon label with silver print, 6331 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA; "A Prayer for Peace" (Ann Arrowood), 3:05, MAHZL Publishing,… #1698 Henry McClintock Peace for Everyone Single · Promo · USA
Notes
Peace for Everyone (McClintock)Song-poem. Country.
Vietnam-era peace song.
End war and save human lives.
Notes
Promo Records, 200 23rd Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, "For Promotional Purposes Only", 45 RPM, with a spotlight logo; title "Peace for… #1699 Bob Storm A Prayer for Our Boys in the Service Single · A Centennial Canada / A Prayer for Our Boys in the Service · Halmark # 19510 · USA
Notes
A Prayer for Our Boys in the ServiceSong poem, anti-war, pro-soldier, religion
Mary and Jesus take care of our boys
We pray for peace throughout the world
Abo…
Notes
Hallmark "Sound of Excellence" 19510, 45 R.P.M., unbreakable, high fidelity; "A Prayer for Our Boys in the Service" (Barbara Messier, Ted Rosen); Bob… #1700 Jack Kim A Criminal in My Country EP · God's Mercy · Halmark # 750514 · USA
Credited on the record as Uncredited.
Notes
Song poem, "A Criminal in My Country".Protest, anti-war
Notes
"Halmark" "Sound of Excellence", Side Two, 45 rpm, Unbreakable, High Fidelity, 750514; two songs on the side, each credited to its lyricist with address:… #1701 The Revox Singers The Woodstock Message Single · The Woodstock Message / These Things for Remembrance · Aladdin # AD-4150 · USA
Notes
Woodstock Message, The (Revox Singers, The)Folk flower pop. Song poem?
Learn to love your fellow man.
Chicago, Illinois. Produced by Film City.
Notes
Red Aladdin Records label, P.O. Box 4407, Chicago, Ill. 60680, AD-4150 A, Side 1; "The Woodstock Message" (John Francis Sullivan), Aladdin Music (ASCAP);… #1702 The Prophet War Is Over Single · War Is Over / Love Is Life · Show Biz # 101/102 · USA
Notes
Folk rockVietnam-era generic peace / anti-war song
Unknown date
Notes
Show Biz Records 101, 2:28; (Ric Davidge); Turken Publ., Turk Prujan (ASCAP), overprinted in black. [From the record label] #1703 Tabernacle It's Time (For Peace and Love) Single · SSS International # SSS-844 · USA
Notes
It's Time (For Peace and Love) (Tabernacle)Rock, anti-war. Nashville, Tennessee
Its time to stand up and end the war
We won't fight anymore
Senators and…
Notes
SSS International Records SSS-844, mono, matrix 711-1527, vocal, "Promotion Copy — Not for Sale", purple, red and orange label; "'It's Time' (For Peace… #1704 John Morello Soldier's Prayer Single · Soldier's Prayer / So Suddenly · General Guard # 200 · USA
Notes
Soldier's Prayer (Morello, John) (General Guards # 200)Traditional pop.
Plight / Anti-War / Religion
Notes
General Guard Records No. 200-A, white label with red eagles; "Soldier's Prayer" (H. Solnek–J. Morello), 2:43, 1920 Music Corp., ASCAP; arranged by R.… #1705 Paul Really A Soldier's Letter to Congress Single · A Soldier's Letter to Congress / Ode to Sugar Creek · Sable # 45-104 · USA
Credited on the record as Paul Really with Jimmy Mullen Music.
Notes
Paul Really - Soldier's Letter to Congress, A (Really, Paul) (Sable # 45-104)Jackson, Mississippi. Spoken-word narration to marching drums
Draft…
Notes
Sable Record No. 45-104-A, yellow label, "2224 Belvedere Dr., Box 10542, Jackson, Miss. 39209"; "A Soldier's Letter to Congress" (Houston Davis & Dave… #1706 Gail Horton There Ain't No Use for War Single · There Ain't No Use for War / Ridin' · Round # 1033 · USA
Notes
There Ain't No Use for War (Horton, Gail)Notes
Round 1033 (1033-A), gold label; "There Ain't No Use For War" (Gail Horton), 1:37, Larilee Pub.-Calimat Music (ASCAP). [From the record sleeve and labels] #1707 Lincoln Firmin A Year in Vietnam Single · A Year in Vietnam / Today's Juvenile · Seaport City # 102 · USA
Notes
White Seaport City Records label, 2539 Burgundy, N.O.L.A., No. 102, vocal; "A Year in Vietnam" (L. Firmin), Seaport City Pub., BMI. [From the record… #1708 Francis A Million Shades of Time Single · A Million Shades of Time / Mr. Soul Seeker · Spinsmith # 101 · USA
Notes
Million Shades of Time, A (Francis)Pop-rock, Vietnam-era generic.
Combat song - soldier's perspective.
Leans towards anti-war.
Notes
Spinsmith Records 101-A (SoN 86071), "A Division of Blue Chip", blue label; "A Million Shades of Time" (James, Gaillard), vocal, 3:30, Jay Wynn Music,… #1709 Johny Starr (We the Dead Of) VIET-NAM Single · (We the Dead Of) VIET-NAM / Color of My Skin · Campus # 1 · USA
Notes
(We the Dead Of) Viet-Nam (Starr, Johnny)Teen pop. Anti-war.
Narrated by a dead soldier - drafted and dead before he could vote.
All that people at home…
Notes
Campus Records No. 1-A, 45 RPM, 2805 86th St., Port Arthur, Texas 77640, phone 713-722-2112 or 962-7040; "(We the Dead Of) Viet-Nam" (E. D. & R. R.… #1710 Billy Darrell & Dick Delmar Cease the Cannons Single · Cease the Cannons / Veteran's Orphange · V.F.W. # SON 2731 · USA
Notes
Cease the Cannons (Darrell, Billy & Dick Delmar)Veteran's Orphanage (Delmar, Dick)
Folk rock, anti-war, Vietnam-era.
A-side: will there ever be peace?
B-side:…
Notes
VFW Cottage Fund label in red, white and blue sunburst design; V.F.W. Pub. Co., BMI; "A D.W. Production"; "Cease the Cannons" (Wilson–Fagan–Darrell),… #1711 The Lorraine Singers I Pray for Peace Single · I Pray for Peace / You Were Mine · Worcester # WO-1001 · USA
Credited on the record as The Lorraine Sisters.
Notes
Worcester Records WO-1001 (101), red label, Worcester Records, 5010 Sunnyslope Ave., Sherman Oaks, Calif.; "I Pray for Peace" (Kraemer–Grouya), Miller… #1712 Michael Pietzsch and Andromeda Ballad of Stoney Burns Single · Ballad of Stoney Burns / Watergate Bounce · Red River # 1 · USA
Credited on the record as Michael Pietzsch (Peach) with Andromeda.
Notes
Ballad of Stoney Burns (Pietzsch, Michael)Country. Texas?
A-side: about the activist Stoney Burns, counterculture journalist from Dallas, Texas. Arrested…
Notes
Broadway musical Red River Record Co. 0001 (11161), Side 1, stereo; "Ballad of Stoney Burns" (Michael Pietzsch), Willow-Fair Music Co., ASCAP, time 3:34;… #1713 Mike Roman Mr. Politician Man Single · Mr. Politician Man / Me and My Song · Infinity # I-1001 · USA
Notes
Mr. Politician Man (Roman, Mike)Novelty, country.
Anti-LBJ - you said you'd end the war in Vietnam and other problems.
But all lies. Reference to…
Notes
Infinity Records I-1001 A (UR-116-A), mono, gold label, 44 Halford Place, Brentwood, Tenn. 37027; "Mr. Politician Man" (Roman), 2:43, Roman & Martin… #1714 Dennis Jon Goodby Woodstock Single · Boy / Goodby Woodstock · Relco # R-2047 · USA
Notes
Goodby Woodstock (Jon, Dennis)Folk rock / country. Nashville, Tennessee.
Tribute to Woodstock - peace and love.
Tried to create change, but we've lost our…
Notes
Relco Records R-2047B; "Goodby Woodstock" (Coke Sams), 2:28, Ironside Music, ASCAP; produced by Don Lewis; P. O. Box 40346, Nashville, Tenn. 37204. [From… #1715 Paul Parker Our Man From Alabam Single · Our Man From Alabam / An Open Letter to All · Glenn # 3202 · USA
Credited on the record as Paul Parker & The Unpredictables.
Notes
Our Man From Alabam (Parker, Paul)An Open Letter to All (Benton, Doug)
Country. Indiana. Wallace, patriotic, anti-war.
A-side: Wallace will bring back the…
Notes
Glenn 3202, white labels headed "Harry Glenn Presents", Box 841, Hammond, Ind. 46325. "An Open Letter to All" (Harry Glenn-Bruce Wyatt), 2:10, Hits of… #1716 Marchi & Herb Howell George Wallace Single · George Wallace / My Love · Herb Howell # 601 · USA
Notes
George Wallace (Howell, Marchi & Herb)Country, Civil Rights, patriotic, anti-war, Wallace campaign record (1972?)
August, Georgia, USA.
He will fight to…
Notes
Herb Howell Records 601-A, 327 Sims Ave., Augusta, Ga. 30906, 404/793-3855, orange label; "George Wallace" (Herb Howell), ASCAP, 2:30; Herb Howell Inc.… #1717 Pam Treadway How Far Is Hell From Here? (A Letter to the President) Single · How Far Is Hell From Here? (A Letter to the President) / I Would If I Could · Country Town # CT-101 · USA
Notes
How Far Is Hell From Here? (A Letter to the President) (Treadway, Pam)Fanfare. Narrative, anti-war.
Monticello, Georgia, USA.
Letter to the president - how…
Notes
Country Town Records, Monticello, Georgia, CT-101-A (PRP 6511); "How Far Is Hell From Here? (A Letter to the President)" (Barbara Maas), 2:03, Middle… #1718 Dick Kapusta Is This Free? Single · Is This Free? / A Forgotten People · Sara # J-1508 · USA
Credited on the record as Dick Kapusta and His Troubled Mind.
Notes
Is This Free? (Kapusta, Dick)Wisconsin, USA, contemporary folk, protest.
Economic inequalities, religious criticism, hypocrisy.
Teach never to kill, but the…
Notes
Sara J-1508, yellow label with script logo; "Is This Free?" (Kapusta — Waefler), Kirchstein Pub. Co., BMI; credited to Dick Kapusta and His Troubled Mind.… #1719 Walter Bailes and The Sullivans Bring the Boys Home Single · Bring the Boys Home / Three Dollars Left for Roses · Big L # BL-1001 · USA
Annotation
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Big L Records BL-1001 (WK4M-0290), 45 RPM, P.O. Box 586, Birmingham, Ala. 35201; "Bring the Boys Home", Walter Bailes and The Sullivans, "Singing with… #1720 Dan Peddicord Somewhere in a Paddy Field (Dan's Dream) Single · Somewhere in a Paddy Field (Dan's Dream) / World of Our Own · Doré # 800 · USA
Notes
Somewhere in a Paddy Field (Dan's Dream) (Peddicord, Dan)Folk rock, soldier's perspective. Leans to anti-war.
Released Hollywood, CA.
If I die tell my…
Notes
Doré 800 (45-LJB-322), light-blue "Promotional Copy – Not for Sale" label with quill logo; "Somewhere in a Paddy Field (Dan's Dream)" (Dan Peddicord),… #1721 J.S. Wescott Serviceman's Letter to the President Single · Serviceman's Letter to the President / Come Home America · Not On Label · USA
Notes
Serviceman's Letter to the President (Wescott, J.S.)Come Home America (Wescott, J.S.)
Folk, soldier's perspective. Anti-war, patriotic
A-side: losing lots…
Notes
Plain white private-pressing label with no label name or catalogue number; "Serviceman's Letter to the President", J. S. Wescott, Side A, 45 RPM. [From… #1722 J.S. Wescott Come Home America Single · Serviceman's Letter to the President / Come Home America · Not On Label · USA
Annotation: see “Serviceman's Letter to the President” above (same release).
#1723 Bertolet Let's Make Love Not War Single · Let's Make Love Not War / I've Never Known Love · Doré # 866 · USA
Notes
Let's Make Love Not War (Bertolet)Traditional pop. Anti-war, Vietnam-era
Stop this insanity, save humanity, build a world of kindness
Notes
Black Doré label with a rainbow feather, 866 (LJB-710), "Promotion Copy – Not For Sale"; "Let's Make Love Not War" (A. T. Bertolet), Meadowlark Music Inc.… #1724 Patty McCarron Blow the Ashes Away Single · Blow the Ashes Away / Long Black Veil · QQ # 7Q370 · USA
Credited on the record as Patty McCarron, The Wickham Brothers.
Notes
Blow the Ashes Away (McCarron, Patty & The Wickham Brothers)Contemporary folk. Anti-war / peace
Raise a daughter so she may cry. Raise a son so he may die
Wh…
Notes
The same song was also recorded by Tommy G. (Ranwood R-839, 1969) and Lewie Wickham (King 45-6346, 1971). Published by Clojac and Cedarwood. [From Discogs]…
#1725 St. Thomas More Youth Choir Song of Peace Single · Song of Peace / Mels Song · St. Thomas # MS-45-3408 · USA
Notes
Song of Peace (St. Thomas More Youth Choir)San Antonio, Texas, USA
Choral, religion. Let all war cease. Army across the ocean
We are brothers, sons, and…
#1726 Judy & Jeff Shaffer Bring Him Home Single · Can't You Hear His Cry / Bring Him Home · Power House # PH 1006 · USA
Notes
Anti-war, protest, folk rock. Utica, Michigan, USAWhy do we let them die?
Black and white
Bring them home!
How long will it take.
Both sides of record.
Notes
PH 1006-B, 2:20. Power House Music, BMI; recorded at Cinema Sound, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Power House Records, 7405 Crissman, Utica, Mich. 48087; produced… #1727 Judy & Jeff Shaffer Can't You Hear His Cry Single · Can't You Hear His Cry / Bring Him Home · Power House # PH 1006 · USA
Notes
Anti-war, protest, folk rock. Utica, Michigan, USAWhy do we let them die?
Black and white
Bring them home!
How long will it take.
Both sides of record.
Notes
PH 1006 A, 4:01. Power House Music, BMI; recorded at Cinema Sound, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Power House Records, 7405 Crissman, Utica, Mich. 48087; produced… #1728 Larry G. He's All Dressed Up in His Red, White and Blue Single · He's All Dressed Up in His Red, White and Blue / You Gotta Change Your Way of Livin · Tex-Tone # L-500 · USA
Credited on the record as Larry G. from Big D..
Notes
Country music. Texas. Both sides. Anti-war, but also anti-protest.- "He's All Dressed Up in His Red, White and Blue"
- Tex-Tone L-500-1; Garvan Pub. Co.;…
#1729 Larry G. You Gotta Change Your Way of Livin Single · He's All Dressed Up in His Red, White and Blue / You Gotta Change Your Way of Livin · Tex-Tone # L-500 · USA
Credited on the record as Larry G. from Big D..
Notes
Country music. Texas. Both sides. Anti-war, but also anti-protest.- "Gotta change your way of livin"
- Tex-Tone L-500-2; Garvan Pub. Co.; L. A. Garling,…
#1730 Ray Sharp Many a Man Single · Many a Man / I'm Gonna Stay · Avis # 1002 · USA
Notes
Soul, anti-war, My LaiStarts with 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' theme
Man gave life for cause, for war - but I don't want to go
My Lai blew my mind.…
Notes
Avis 1001 (The Ebonys) is dated 1968, so c. 1969-71. Producer Lou Tubman. Avis Records 1002-A, orange label with an open-mouth drawing, Avis Records, 1291… #1731 Jimmie Driftwood Battle Hymn of Peace EP · Voice of the People · Monument # MSP-006 · USA
Credited on the record as Jimmy Driftwood.
Notes
Bluegrass, religion.A1: Civil Rights, pro-equality
B2: need peace, end wars in this world.
VN-era
Notes
Label title: Voice Of The People - Sections From His Hit Album. Selections from the Monument LP MLP 8006 / SLP 18006 (1963).Battle Hymn Of Peace.
A No. 2…
#1732 Carl Swafford It's Your War Single · It's Your War / Heart Trouble · Shock [US] # None · USA
Notes
Country, anti-warIt's your war politicians.
My friends dying out their in the jungle
Too young to vote and drink, but can die
Notes
Shock, Side 1; (Carl Swafford); accomp. Rex Willis & The Country Times with Leroy Fears. Blue label, silver print. [From the record label] #1733 Baffo & Berto Pam! Pam! Pam! Giù le mani dal Vietnam! Single · Pam! Pam! Pam! Giù le mani dal Vietnam / Stornellata spuntarospi · Edizioni della Resistenza # EllePi N. 6 · Italy
Credited on the record as cantautore: Baffo; chitarrista: Berto.
Notes
Pam! Pam! Pam! Hands off Vietnam (Baffo & Berto)Italian folk.
Notes
Edizioni della Resistenza / Gruppo R.R., EllePi N. 6, 45 rpm, plain pink typographic sleeve: side A "Pam! Pam! Pam! Giù le mani dal Vietnam!", side B… #1734 Barbara Davis World Peace Single · World Peace / Rated "R." Why Is It a Sin · Cared # 101 · USA
Notes
World Peace (Davis, Barbara)Rare soul single. Vietnam-era generic peace / anti-war song.
Rialto, California.
Notes
Writers and arrangers: Wilson, Caldwell, Robinson; producers E. Wilson, H. Caldwell, R. Robinson. Published by Cared Music. B-side 2:50. YouTube upload… #1735 Barbara May A War That Should Cease Single · A War That Should Cease / As I Leave Your Life · New Talent # NT-100 · USA
Notes
To do #1736 Oneda Harding and the Confederates Viet Nam's Shore Single · Viet Nam's Shore / Peace in Viet Nam · Texas # T.R.C. 2094 · USA
Notes
To doNotes
T.R.C. (Texas Record Company, Waco, Texas) TRC-2094, gold label with a cannon and a Confederate battle flag; produced by Chuck Harding; FL DUBB Pub. Co.,… #1737 Oneda Harding and the Confederates Peace in Viet Nam Single · Viet Nam's Shore / Peace in Viet Nam · Texas # T.R.C. 2094 · USA
Annotation: see “Viet Nam's Shore” above (same release).
#1738 JoAnn Box Uncle Sam in Viet Nam Single · Twin # 11555 · USA
Notes
Uncle Sam in Viet Nam (Box, JoAnn)Country. Anti-war. Soldier's perspective, narrated and written by female.
War with no end. If it was politicians blood,…
#1739 Mike Thomas Son of Liberty Single · Son of Liberty / Christmas · Tin Pan Alley # 104-835 · USA
Notes
Song poem - leans to anti-war.Negative impact of war - disabled vet
Notes
Tin Pan Alley Records 104-835A, "Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off."; "Son of Liberty" (Lane Marinello), Juke Box Alley (ASCAP), time 3:16; Tin Pan Alley… #1740 Rodd Keith I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi Single · I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi / The Reindeer Song · M.S.R. # 572 · USA
Credited on the record as Rod Rogers.
Notes
I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi (Rogers, Rodd)M.S.R. Records # 572.
Song-poem, California. Novelty. Answer record to Merle Haggard - Okie From…
#1741 Gene Marshall Orphan Soldiers Single · Orphan Soldiers / The Vietnam War · Preview # 2331 · USA
Notes
Song poemNotes
Preview Records 2331, purple and silver label with spotlight and music-note design, 6311 Yucca, Hollywood. "Orphan Soldiers" (Arthur W. Warra), 2331-1,… #1742 Gene Marshall The Vietnam War Single · Orphan Soldiers / The Vietnam War · Preview # 2331 · USA
Annotation: see “Orphan Soldiers” above (same release).
#1743 David Allen God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam Single · God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam / Using My Bible for a Road Map · Tyger River # TR-1000 · USA
Credited on the record as David Allen and The Tyger River Boys.
Notes
God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam (Allen, David)Bluegrass. Union, South Carolina, USA.
Boys taken from loved ones, fighting and dying in Vietnam
For…
Notes
Tyger River Records TR-1000 (PRP-29111), Side One, aqua label with a drawing of a house by the river; "God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam" by Gene… #1744 Rayland Young These Are the Times Single · J.F.K. Wanted Peace / These Are the Times · KB # 3009 · USA
Notes
A-side: JFK tributeB-side: soldier's in Vietnam alive and dead, space race, Civil Rights
Communists on the rise, poverty, economic struggles
Times of hope…
Notes
KB-3009 B, 1:35; Winner Music, BMI; "The Great Sound of the Midwest"; KB Records Tru-Sound, Centralia, Illinois. [From the record label] #1745 Wendell Sellers Uncle Sam Single · Spell of the Freight Train / Uncle Sam · Clark # 6013 · USA
Notes
Country, economic protest, religionHigh taxes, space race, millions of dollars spent in Vietnam
Notes
Clark Records (6013), code 5:21, 2:17; (Wendell Sellers); published by Lonzo & Oscar; produced by Fred F. Carter, Jr. [From the record label] #1746 Mel Rearick A Letter to the President Single · A Letter to the President / Cincinatti, Ohio · ARM # 1001 · USA
Credited on the record as Mel Rearick (Narrator), Homer Grosz and the Country Squires Band.
Notes
Bluegrass, soldier's perspective.Both anti-war / peace and patriotic.
Probably Nixon era, early 70s.
Letter to the president - know you're busy with riots,…
Notes
ARM #1001 A, green label, RD #3 – Box 392A, Leechburg, Pa. 15656, 45 RPM, matrix 22515-2; "A Letter to the President" (James Liprando), time 3:30; Mel… #1747 The Marvells Forget About That Mess Single · Forget About That Mess Part 1 / Forget About That Mess Part 2 · Sensation # UCH 007 · USA
Notes
Soul jazz, anti-war, protest. Early 70s?Shooting, riots, rich, poor, let's get together, no war
Notes
Discogs credits artist as 'The Marvels (13)'. Label Sensation Records. Label note: 'Produced by U. Lee, C. Wills, and H. Davis'. Herman Davis: Written-By,… #1748 Sacrifarce I'm in the Center Single · I'm in the Center / The Train · Motivation # BL-1962 · USA
Notes
A-side: Train bound for DC, to the cemeteryA tragic show, a good man is gone, Bobby (must be RFK?)
If RFK, then released 1968 or later.
B-side: anti-war…
Notes
Published by Ken Music (BMI). [From Discogs] #1749 Unknown Artist Credibility Gap Single · MRP # 201,424 · USA
Notes
LBJ, Vietnam. New town called 'Credibility Gap' near Johnson City. Escalation spooking the nation. Folk rockNotes
MRP Record Productions 201,424, 45 RPM, 2:35; (Macdonald). No artist named on the label. Black label, silver print. [From the record label]Picture sleeve…
#1750 Rhodians Sto Vietnam Pole's Karthie's Single · Sto Vietnam Pole's Karthie's / O Hrusuzis · Sound Patterns # SP-9012 · USA
Notes
To doNotes
Sound Patterns SP-9012 (RN 126), VC 1567-A, black label; "Sto Vietnam Pole's Karthie's" (lyrics by L. Venoutsos), 4:12, "Music by the Rhodians"; produced… #1751 Ric Masten Old Enough Album · Twelve String Sermons · Mastenville Music Pub. # WRS 1502 · USA
Notes
Old Enough & Peace ParadeNotes
Words and music by Ric Masten, who also wrote the sleeve notes. Also issued as 12 String Sermons in a different sleeve, with Starr King Records named.Old…
#1752 Ric Masten Peace Parade Album · Twelve String Sermons · Mastenville Music Pub. # WRS 1502 · USA
Notes
Old Enough & Peace ParadeNotes
Words and music by Ric Masten, who also wrote the sleeve notes. Also issued as 12 String Sermons in a different sleeve, with Starr King Records named.Old…
#1753 Gordon Baxter Why Must the Brave Die Young Single · Why Must the Brave Die Young? / We Just Called Him Sam · Spindletop # SR-0016 · USA
Notes
To doNotes
Spindletop Records SR-0016, 45 RPM, orange and black label stamped "Demonstration Not For Sale", 1812 Procter, Port Arthur, Texas; "Why Must the Brave Die… #1754 Helen Williams Our Troubles Today Single · I Love America / Our Troubles Today · Finch # 7125-22 · USA
Notes
Traditional pop. Might be a song-poem??B-side leans anti-war, isolationist position - why should our boys die overseas?
Notes
45rpm single, Finch 7125-22; side B "Our Troubles Today" (Joe F. Krebs). [From 45cat] Finch Records, 2430 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. [From the… #1755 Dick Kent Soldier's Grave Single · Soldier's Grave / The Lord Calls Your Name · M.S.R. # 380 · USA
Notes
- song poem, traditional pop, home front, peace- Help us bury the soldier
- widow, mother, and children in mourning
- Go to the Senate and ask for peace
-…
#1756 Judy Layne Peace Single · Day After Tomorrow / Peace · Preview # 1104 · USA
Notes
- song poem, traditional pop,- religion, peace, abolish war
- generic (Vietnam-era)
- Preview Records Inc. #1104-B, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; "Peace" (Alice…
#1757 The Little Shadows Mr. Nixon Hear My Prayer Single · Mr. Nixon Hear My Prayer / A Prayer for Our Soldiers · Lesley # 003 · USA
Notes
- soul, gospel, maybe Florida-based- Nixon, anti-war, peace, religion, home front perspective
- A-side:
- A good president doing best he can
- Get my son out…
#1758 The Little Shadows A Prayer for Our Soldiers Single · Mr. Nixon Hear My Prayer / A Prayer for Our Soldiers · Lesley # 003 · USA
Notes
- soul, gospel, maybe Florida-based- Nixon, anti-war, peace, religion, home front perspective
- A-side:
- A good president doing best he can
- Get my son out…
#1759 Wendell Sellers A Letter to Our President Single · I Wanta Be Like Daddy / A Letter to Our President · Hillside # 1001 · USA
Notes
"A Letter to Our President"- Madison, Tennessee, USA
- country, peace, Nixon, Watergate, religion
- despite accusations (Watergate), I think you're honest
-…
#1760 Lester Hakey Today's Soldier Single · Today's Soldier / Golden Guitar · K-Ark # K. 1134 · USA
Annotation
Notes
- Released in Nashville, TN- Artist from Vermont
- Military, vet, peace / anti-war, country
- According to obituary, served two term in the Vietnam War: "Lester served two tours in Vietnam with the United States ARMY. Following the ARMY, Lester got married, and started his singing…
Notes
K-Ark K. 1134-A, 45 RPM; Fairdealing Music (ASCAP), 2:40; writer printed "(Lester Hankey)"; produced by Rec. Prod. Serv., 728 - 16th Ave. S., Nashville,… #1761 Ron Coden Last Nite I Had the Strangest Dream Single · Lolly Pop Tree / Last Nite I Had the Strangest Dream · Astro Sonic # 1085 · USA
Notes
- Contemporary folk, anti-war / peace- Released Berkley, Michigan
- Astro Sonic Productions 1085 (ASP 1009), Hi Fidelity, 45 RPM, blue label with silver…
#1762 Stoned Age Tower of Babel Single · Tower of Babel / God Is Dead? · Pax # FINE-111 · USA
Notes
- garage rock, protest, anti-war, religion- probably released New York
- A-side: we could solve problems
- Youth are dying in wars
- News from the Peace…
#1763 Jamie Marlowe The Devil Dreamed a War Single · American Citizen # 1001 · USA
Notes
- garage rock, Fort Lauderdale, Florida- Congress and politicians sending us to war
- Trained to kill, land to burn
- Anti-war, protest
- The same recording…
#1764 Terry Howell Sacramento Playhouse Single · Sacramento Playhouse / Stand Up You Children · Rev # 5001 · USA
Notes
- Very early anti- Governor Reagan record, 1960s - Reference to keeping protesters in line: "blood bath"
- Criticised lower taxes, welfare policy
- Both…
#1765 Terry Howell Stand Up You Children Single · Sacramento Playhouse / Stand Up You Children · Rev # 5001 · USA
Notes
- Very early anti- Governor Reagan record, 1960s - Reference to keeping protesters in line: "blood bath"
- Criticised lower taxes, welfare policy
- Both…
#1766 The Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus A Generation of Peace Single · A Generation of Peace / Susquehanna Moon · Admiral # AD 800 · USA
Credited on the record as The Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus and Friends.
Notes
- generic Vietnam-era plea for peace- child chorus
- Admiral AD 800, 45 R.P.M.; (Richard Wolfe); Bayberry, BMI; "Hastings". No date on the label. [From the…
#1767 Cotton Tipton Johnson and Nixon G.I. Blues Single · Johnson and Nixon G.I. Blues / Blue Yodel No. 7 · Breeze # 81 · USA
Notes
- LBJ, Nixon, Castro, Cuba, Vietnam- Nixon promised he's pull out of Vietnam [leans anti-war]
- Breeze Records 81A (ARP-1293), 4:03, 45 RPM; (C. Tipton);…
#1768 Sensational Angels Trouble in This World Single · Trouble In This World / He'll Make A Way · Angel [Durham] # 6053-29 · USA
Notes
- Soul / gospel- too much fighting, too much killing
- generic protest, maybe Civil Rights
- Label and catalogue number from the copy in the collection…
#1769 Robby Robinson A Soldier's Prayer for Peace Single · The Huckle-Buck / A Soldier's Prayer for Peace · USA
Notes
- contemporary folk, soldier's perspective- peace message, war is hell
- unknown location and date
#1770 The Love Machine Brother Show a Little Love Single · Brother Show A Little Love / Love Machine · Na-Cat # 211 · USA
Notes
- "Brother Show a Little Love"- Soul, Civil Rights, Vietnam, peace, anti-war
- 7" 45 RPM. Producer – Cathy Strand, Nate Strand. Published By – Brynor…
#1771 Sheldon Buck My Buddy Joe Single · My Buddy Joe / Tucary Row · Sidewalk Cafe # None · USA
Notes
- Contemporary folk, soldier's perspective, anti-war- Some say war is hell - but you need to be there
- Never know if you're going to die
- I wish this war…
#1772 Pastor Homer Wilson & Singers Soldiers Prayer in Viet Nam Single · The Prodigal Son / Soldiers Prayer in Viet Nam · Revival Hour # RH 1004 · USA
Credited on the record as Homer Wilson, The McRaes & Lees.
Notes
- Country gospel, soldier's perspective- Religious anti-war perspective - against killing
- Cover of Don Reno and Benny Martin bluegrass song
- Revival Hour…
#1773 Suddreth Family Pray for the Boys in Viet Nam Single · Pray for Me / Pray for the Boys in Viet Nam · Gospel Time # 1003 · USA
Notes
- Bluegrass, peace, religion, pro-soldier- We prayed after the last war that we would have peace
- Now in Vietnam the boys are dying
- Only god and prayer…
#1775 Dick Kent We Have Overcome Single · We Have Overcome / What God Might Like to Say About the War in Viet Nam · M.S.R. # 329 · USA
Notes
- song poem, religion, anti-war, traditional pop- b-side: things getting out of hand in Vietnam
- need peace on earth
- narrated from perspective of god
-…
#1776 Bill Gold Both Sides the Tracks (Bussing God's Children) Single · Both Sides the Tracks (Bussing God's Children) / A Hundred Million Tears · Unite - U.S. # A-195 · USA
Notes
Both Sides of the Tracks (Bussing God's Children)Country, Civil Rights, anti-bussing.
Also reference to father being a prisoner of war (P.O.W.) in North…
Notes
Label: Unite-U.S. A-195, P.O. Box 666, Grand Prairie, Tex. 75050; title printed as "Both Sides The Tracks (Bussing God's Children)" (Bill Gold), time… #1777 Lloyd Woodard When There Is Peace Among the Nations Single · When There Is Peace Among the Nations / Everytime I Feel the Spirit · Donte # SA-2072 · USA
Notes
- Gospel, peace / anti-war- VN-era, peace among nations
- Guns and bombs taken away
- Study war no more
- Member of the group The Five Blind Boys of…
#1778 Bob Storm The Suffering of a Serviceman's Wife EP · Unapproachable · Halmark # 8695 · USA
Notes
- "The Suffering of a Serviceman's Wife" (track A2)- Label: Halmark # 8695
- Artist: unknown, attribute to Bob Storm, but that's incorrect. Female singer
-…
#1779 Jamie Reeves A Mother's Salute to Lt. Calley Single · A Mother's Salute to Lt. Calley / I'll Wait · Colony "13" # CSP 45-2580 · USA
Annotation
Similar to the single above, the song "A Mother's Salute to Lt. Calley" (Colony "13" Records # CSP 45-2580) blamed the government and society for sending Calley to war. Released by Jamie Reeves, in Nashville, Tennessee, she narrated the track from the perspective of an American mother who… #1780 Big Bill Schaeffer Draft Call Single · Draft Call / I Hate, But I Like Popcorn · Four Winds # F-1008 · USA
Notes
Phone call from draft board, I can't go. Reference to Berlin. I'm a lover not a fighter. Draft. Does not mention Vietnam. #1781 ダーク・ダックス [Dark Ducks] ある報道カメラマンの死「彼はベトナムで死んだ」 [The Death of a News Cameraman: He Died in Vietnam] Album · 合唱組曲「山に祈る」 / ある報道カメラマンの死「彼はベトナムで死んだ」 · Polydor # MR 3045 · Japan
Credited on the record as ダーク・ダックス.
Notes
Side B of the LP: a narrated choral work on a Japanese press cameraman killed covering the Vietnam War. Side A is Osamu Shimizu's mountain-accident choral… #1782 Central Choir わが人民はひとつ [Our People Are One] EP · ＬＰステレオセンターレコード３ · Center [Tokyo] # CLS-3 · Japan
Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.
#1783 Central Choir ベトナムの母さんへ [To the Mother of Vietnam] EP · ＬＰステレオセンターレコード３ · Center [Tokyo] # CLS-3 · Japan
Credited on the record as 中央合唱団.
#1784 ボーイスカウト日本連盟所沢第一団 [Boy Scouts of Japan, 1st Tokorozawa Troop] 愛をもとう [Let's Have Love] EP · 愛をもとう・火のおどり・夜のこだま · Nippon Crown # PRS-190 · Japan
Credited on the record as ボーイスカウト日本連盟所沢第一団.
Notes
Crown PRS-190, stereo (ステレオ), 45 RPM; "愛をもとう・火のおどり・夜のこだま", ボーイスカウト日本連盟所沢第一団.The front shows uniformed boy scouts clapping in a circle around a flag in a…
#1785 Gilberto Perez A la guerra ya me llevan Single · A la guerra ya me llevan / Dam la llave · Falcon # 1408 · USA
Credited on the record as Gilberto Perez y Sus Compadres.
Annotation
Gilberto Perez, Mexican-American artist born in Mercedes, Texas, USA on 3 August 1935. The track "A la guerra ya me llevan" (They Take Me to War) (Falcon # 1408) also featured on the Vietnam War compilation Porque estamos en Vietnam (Bronco # BRLP-043). Narrated from the soldier's… Notes
Falcon Record Company 1408, 45 RPM, F-3788, 821 North 23rd, McAllen, Texas; "A la guerra ya me llevan", ranchera, arranged by Gilberto Pérez; credited to… #1786 Jimmy Valves Alices Restaurant Single · Alices Restaurant / Horn Song · Miramar # 104 · USA
Credited on the record as Jimmy Valves and The Incredible Jangle Group.
Notes
Miramar Records 104 (104-A), blue and silver label with butterfly-winged figure; "Alices Restaurant" (Arlo Guthrie), Appleseed Music Inc. (ASCAP), time… #1787 Roger Danels Avec Toi, Vietnam Single · La longue marche (antiatomique) / Avec toi, Vietnam · Selection # S 5062 · Belgium
Annotation
Belgium released protest record, probably late 1960s. The label was based in Schaerbeek, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. The a-side "Le longue marche" is an anti-atomic, Cold War protest song, referencing the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. The b-side was a protest against the Vietnam… Notes
Selection Records S 5062 (S 5062/B), blue label, BIEM; "Avec toi, Vietnam" (R Gillis-G. Decembre), Roger Danels with Orch. G. Legrand. The green picture… #1788 Various Artists Battle With Vietnam Single · My Desires / Battle With Vietnam · Halmark # 750842 · USA
Notes
- "Battle With Vietnam" - Label: Halmark # 750842
- Artist: uncredited
- Songwriter: Bobby Letterman, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Song poem, traditional pop
-…
#1789–1875 Don Henderson Unreleased Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
8 of the 9 songs from this unreleased in the archive are in this collection
Annotation
Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #1789 Bill White #1795 Draft Card Burner's Song #1818 Peace is Union Business #1826 Someone Up There #1834 Ting-A-Ling #1847 Was War For Those Who Want It #1849 The Won't-Leave-This-Lander #1875 It's On
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#1789 Don Henderson Bill White Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
Annotation
Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #1795 Don Henderson Draft Card Burner's Song Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #1818 Don Henderson Peace is Union Business Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #1826 Don Henderson Someone Up There Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #1834 Don Henderson Ting-A-Ling Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #1847 Don Henderson Was War For Those Who Want It Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #1849 Don Henderson The Won't-Leave-This-Lander Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Don Henderson, a highly-regarded contemporary folk singer, born on 17 January 1937 in Melbourne, Australia. He died in Brisbane, Australia, on 20 August 1991.1 He was particularly known for his political and social songs, with a focus on workers rights. He also composed several Vietnam… #1875 Don Henderson It's On Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Henderson's own song, recorded by Gary Shearston (1964) and Trevor Lucas (1966). #1790 Mike Thomas Blue Grass Love (partial) Single · Blue Grass Love / Beaut Butterfly · Tin Pan Alley # TPA 59-575 · USA
Notes
- "Blues Grass Love" - Label: Tin Pan Alley # TPA 59-575
- Songwriter: unknown (need B-side image)
- Song-poem. Garage rock. Florida, USA.
- Only partial MP3…
#1791 Noel Hernández Contrariedad Album · De rebeldes a revolucionarios · Libre # LD-003 · Puerto Rico
Annotation
Noel Hernández, born on 3 June 1945 in Patillas, Puerto Rico, released the song "Contrariedad" (Disco Libre # LD-003), which is about social-economic inequality in Puerto Rican society. He is noted to be influential and one of the earliest Nueva canción artists in Puerto Rico: this was a… Notes
Disco Libre LD-003, "De Rebeldes a Revolucionarios", Noel Hernández, black label; Lado A ("Nacional") track 4: "Contrariedad" (letra y música de Noel).… #1792 Odilio Gonzalez Cruces Boricuas en Vietnam Single · Cruces Boricuas en Vietnam / Todos de Parranda · Dial [New York] # 1016 · Puerto Rico
Credited on the record as Odilio Gonzalez con Yomo Toro, Nieves Quintero, M. Velazquez, Pedro J. Andino y Gilberto Colon.
Annotation
The "Cruces Boricuas en Vietnam" ( "Puerto Rican Crosses in Vietnam" ) (Dial Record # 1016) leaned towards the anti-war perspective, focusing on the Puerto Ricans who died in the Vietnam War. It released on New York label Dial Record, which released Puerto Rican music. This recored was… Notes
Seis milonga, as printed on the label. Dial Record 1016-A, "A Product of Dial Record Corp., N.Y.", orange and cream sunburst label; "Cruces Boricuas en… #1793 Walton Ofstedahl Dear God Don't Let War Be the Master Single · Unlock Your Heart / Dear God Don't Let War Be the Master · Coulee # C45-117 · USA
Notes
Dear God Don't Let War Be the Master (Ofstedahl, Walter) Cantillation style music. Patriotic, religion.
Soldier's perspective: I've been fighting all day…
Notes
Coulee C45-117-B (6-6645B), 45 RPM, gold label; "Dear God Don't Let War Be the Master" (L. Seekamp), time 2:59, published by Aqua City, BMI; vocal by… #1794 Gene Dunlap The Dove Never Sleeps Single · The Dove Never Sleeps / Will You Be There · Stop # ST 364 · USA
Notes
Dove Never Sleeps, The (Dunlap, Gene) Country, leans anti-war, religion.
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Sons sent to war to kill and be killed
Read the paper…
Notes
Stop Records, Inc. ST 364, matrix ST 7064, 45 RPM, "Distributed by Stop Records Inc. 809-B 18th Ave., S. Nashville, Tenn."; "The Dove Never Sleeps" (Buzz… #1796 Eddie Trotter For What It's Worth Single · Heart of Stone / For What It's Worth · USA
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Grey label numbered 128, 45 RPM, Side Two, with no label name printed; "Eddie Trotter", vocal and organ; "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills), 2:15.… #1797 Valerie & Everett Hull Foreign Policy Single · Chicago Policeman / Foreign Policy · Swank # 167 · USA
Notes
- "Foreign Policy " #1798 The Melodiers Foreign War (partial) Single · Hey Lady / Foreign War · Tin Pan Alley # 166-1142 · USA
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- "Foreign War" - Label: Tin Pan Alley # 166-1142
- Songwriter: Henry Thorne
- Song poem, with garage rock feel
- Fighting in a foreign war, so I'll go to…
#1799 Debbie Craig Freedom 68 Single · Freedom 68 / Johnny's Song · Mercier # VC 1079 · USA
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Mercier VC 1079-A, Side 1, 45 RPM, yellow label; "Freedom 68", time 3:38; "Debbie Craig, Composer; Don Palmer, Arranger; Produced by: Peter Mercier";… #1800 Jacques Schuurmans Gedichten: Denk eraan - een jongetje uit Vietnam [Poems: Remember - a Boy From Vietnam] Single · Waarom? · Europ # ER 3022 · Belgium
Credited on the record as Voordracht: Jacques Schuurmans.
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Double-side anti-war / protest single released in Belgium, and performed by Belgium opera singer John Geentjens, also with spoken-word extracts, organised by the De Humanitaire Werkgroup X, featuring two songs: "Lied voor Vietnam" ( "Song for Vietnam" ) and "Gedichten: Denk eraan - een…Notes
Organised by the De Humanitaire Werkgroup X. Notes on the back called for sending medication "from the port of Antwerp" to "to help in Vietnam. The human… #1801 Raymond Mara Ghosts in the Night Single · Ghosts in the Night / Weird Turtle · Rocket # 65219 · USA
Credited on the record as Raymond Mara and the Centars.
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- Ghosts in the Night (Mara, Raymond)- Garage rock, civil rights.
- KKK - putting sheets on and chasing people of different skin colour.
- Now I'm at war -…
#1802 Dean Gross Hello Frisco, Goodbye Viet Nam Single · Hello Frisco, Goodbye Viet Nam / The Stronger of the Two · Western Lounge # W-1298 · USA
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The song "Hello Frisco, Goodbye Viet Nam" (Western Lounge Inc. Record Co. # W-1298) by Dean Gross started with a radio transmit from a soldier in Vietnam requesting a trip home: "calling San Francisco, do you have news on my request...San Francisco calling, we are sorry....good hunting" .… Notes
Western Lounge, Inc. Record Co., "Millionaire Memphis Sound", Record No. W-1298 (SO 2731); "Hello Frisco, Goodbye Viet Nam" (Gene Rowe), 2:47, Chickasaw… #1803 Johnny Prytko Henderick the Hippie Single · Henderick the Hippie / Here We Come · Glo # 5240 · USA
Credited on the record as Johnny Prytko & the Conn.-Hi-Tones.
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Born John Valentine Prytko, on 25 September 1936 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA, to Polish-American immigrants. He died 1 April 2020.1 The song "Henderick the Hippie" (Glo Records # 5240), a novelty polka, referencing protesters, sit-ins, love-ins, and the draft board, a nice 60s,…Notes
Glo Records #5240, black-and-silver label; "Henderick the Hippie" (J. Prytko), Vannell Music (ASCAP); Johnny Prytko & the Conn.-Hi-Tones. [From the record… #1804 Billy Orr Hippietitis Single · Hippietitis / At 9 a.m. Its 68 · Northland # N 7009 · USA
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Northland Records N 7009, orange label, 124 Clover, Holland, Mich.; "Hippietitis" (Billy Orr), 2:17, Blue Water Music, BMI; distributed by Nashville… #1805 Jack Williamson Hippy's Prayer Single · A Hippy's Prayer / Wonderful Love of Ours · Halmark # LH-9224 · USA
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- "A Hippy's Prayer" - Label: Halmark # 11787
- Artist: Unknown
- Songwriter: Jack Williamson (Smithtown, New York)
- Unknown artist - song-writer credit…
#1806 The Gospel Conveyors A Letter From Vietnam (Partial) Single · A Letter From Vietnam / You Can Make It · Alpha # 2074 · USA
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Letter From Vietnam, A (Gospel Conveyors, The) #1807 Tom Scott Letter to the President Single · Letter to the President / New World Tomorrow · MRC # MRC-1142 · USA
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Letter to the President (Scott, Tom) Child narration, 'America the Beautiful'.
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA.
Letter to president: father away to war. Need…
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MRC (Major Recording Co.), Waynesboro, Virginia, MRC-1142, black-and-cream label; "Letter to the President" (M. Bransford), time 2:20, Dooms Music BMI.… #1808 John Geentjens Lied voor Vietnam [Song for Vietnam] Single · Waarom? · Europ # ER 3022 · Belgium
Credited on the record as Zang: John Geentjens; piano: Jan Sebrechts.
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Double-side anti-war / protest single released in Belgium, and performed by Belgium opera singer John Geentjens, also with spoken-word extracts, organised by the De Humanitaire Werkgroup X, featuring two songs: "Lied voor Vietnam" ( "Song for Vietnam" ) and "Gedichten: Denk eraan - een…Notes
Organised by the De Humanitaire Werkgroup X. Notes on the back called for sending medication "from the port of Antwerp" to "to help in Vietnam. The human… #1809 Aubrey Roberts Little White Cross Single · U.S.A. / Little White Cross · Table Rock # TRS-105 · USA
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Little White Cross (Roberts, Aubrey) (U.S.A. - a Vietnam songs as well?)
Bluegrass. From Omaha, Arkansas.
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Table Rock Records TRS-105, label with a lake scene and fisherman in a boat; A-side "U.S.A." (A. Roberts), 2:22, and B-side "Little White Cross" (A.… #1810 Giulio Pizzirani L'omino del Vietnam Single · Il partigiano / L'omino del Vietnam · BDM # PB 45701 · Italy
Credited on the record as testo poetico del Dr. Maggio Calidori, recitato da Giulio Pizzirani.
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Edizioni ANPI Bologna, BDM PB 45701 (Made in Italy), sleeve titled "Liberazione di Bologna" with a photograph of partisans on a jeep in the liberated… #1811 Joe Holley Lord Guide Us Single · Lord Guide Us / I'm Up Against a Stonewall · Mickey # Mr-45-0007 · USA
Credited on the record as Joe Holley and the Mickey Mountain Boys.
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- "Lord Guide Us" - Label: Mickey Records # Mr-45-0007
- Songwriter: Michael F. Matuschin, Ronnie Layne
- Artist: Joe Holley & The Mickey Mountain Boys
- Country, song poem, religion
- Seven of Us Music: Dover, New Jersey, USA
- American Song-Poem Archive lists it as Nashville, Tennessee1
-…
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Mickey Records MR-45-0007-A (5450), orange label, "All Strings (Vocal)", "Made in U.S.A."; "Lord Guide Us" (Michael F. Matushin-Ronnie Layne), time 2:53,… #1812 Miss Matches U.S.A. A Mother's Prayer Single · A Mother's Prayer / The Stranger and the Atom Bomb · Red Fox # 45-146 · USA
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Red Fox Records 45-146, peach label with red fox-head logo, 45 RPM, made in U.S.A.; A-side 45-146-A "A Mother's Prayer" (Louise Lewis), 2:22; AA-side… #1813 José de Molina El niño de Viet-Nam Album · Historia verdadera de un sex-enio · Nueva Voz Latino Americana # JS-09 - 10 · Mexico
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José de Molina, born in 1938, in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He died 9 July 1998, in Tlalpan, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He released the anti-war song "El niño de Vietnam" ( "The Boy From Vietnam" ) (Nueva Voz Latino Americana # JS-09/10) which is a Corrido song - corridos traditional… Notes
Double LP, "José de Molina presenta...", issued by Nueva Voz Latinoamericana A.C., Apartado postal 12-106, México 1, D.F.; cover number JS-09/10, label… #1814 C. D. K. & Company Ohio Single · Ohio / When I'm Gone · Ace # 1015 · USA
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Ace Records 1015 (7132-B), maroon label; "Ohio", 2:43, Cotillion (BMI); produced by Al Bostwich. No writer printed. [From the record sleeve and labels] #1815 The Original Caste One Tin Soldier Single · One Tin Soldier / Live for Tomorrow · T-A # 186 · USA
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T-A 186; "One Tin Soldier" (Lambert-Potter), 3:35, Cents & Pence Musique Co., BMI-9283; arranged by Artie Butler, produced by Dennis Lambert & Brian… #1816 Doug Benton An Open Letter to All Single · Our Man From Alabam / An Open Letter to All · Glenn # 3202 · USA
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Glenn 3202, white labels headed "Harry Glenn Presents", Box 841, Hammond, Ind. 46325. "An Open Letter to All" (Harry Glenn-Bruce Wyatt), 2:10, Hits of… #1817 Dixie Hummingbirds Our Prayer for Peace Single · Our Prayer for Peace / Come Ye Disconsolate · Peacock # 3012 · USA
#1819 Nevada Maines Phase 1 - Phase 2 - Phase 3 You Made a Fool Out of Me Single · Smile # S-126 · USA
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Phase 1 - Phase 2 -Phase 3 You Made a Fool Out of Me (Maines, Nevada) Novelty, Nixon.
"I promise to get the boys out of Vietnam" in phases
Visit to…
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Smile Records, P.O. Box 7372, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101, S-126-1, stereo, label with a winking smiling-face logo; "Phase 1 - Phase 2 - Phase 3 You Made a… #1820 Daniel Valdez Richard Campos Single · El Louie / Richard Campos · Cucaracha # 1447 · USA
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"Richard Campos" , an obscure Mexican-American Vietnam War song from California, which also appeared under the name "Corrido de Ricardo Campos". It became more prominent and well-known after its inclusion in the Vietnam War Songbook, published in 1969 by Barbara Dane and Irwin Silber,… #1821 Eddie Aleman Soldadito Single · Soldadito / Soldier · Omega [San Antonio] # 0-1004 · USA
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This single featured the same song on both sides, one in English, the recording "Soldier" , and one in Spanish, the recording "Soldadito" (Omega Records # 0-1004), which looked at the home front perspective, through the eyes of a mother, and a soldier's letter. It also featured patriotic,… Notes
Omega 0-1004, stereo, 45 RPM, orange labels: 0-1004-A "Soldadito" (Eddie Aleman), BMI, 2:51, and 0-1004-B "Soldier" (Eddie Aleman), BMI, 2:51; Tortilla… #1822 Los Conquistadores soldado huerfanito (Homenaje al Sgt. Richard Campos) Single · El soldado huerfanito (Homenaje al Sgt. Richard Campos) / Adios Eva Garza · Norteño # No-266 · USA
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The song "El soldado huerfanito (Homenaje al Sgt. Richard Campos)" ( "The Orphan Soldier (Tribute to Sgt. Richard Campos)" ) (Norteño # No-266) is of course another tribute to the Mexican-American soldier Richard Campos, based a true story.1 K.I.A. in Vietnam at the age of 26 in 1966. His… #1823 Eddie Aleman Soldier Single · Soldadito / Soldier · Omega [San Antonio] # 0-1004 · USA
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This single featured the same song on both sides, one in English, the recording "Soldier" , and one in Spanish, the recording "Soldadito" (Omega Records # 0-1004), which looked at the home front perspective, through the eyes of a mother, and a soldier's letter. It also featured patriotic,… Notes
Omega 0-1004, stereo, 45 RPM, orange labels: 0-1004-A "Soldadito" (Eddie Aleman), BMI, 2:51, and 0-1004-B "Soldier" (Eddie Aleman), BMI, 2:51; Tortilla… #1824 Bob Willits & The Dave Kolle Show Soldiers Dream Single · Soldiers Dream / You Don't Hurt Me Anymore · Kolle # 45-1002 · USA
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Soldiers Dream (Willits, Bob) Country music. Unknown location and date.
Soldier dreamed of being back in the US. General peace message. But soldier said…
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Kolle Records 45-1002, white label; "Soldiers Dream" (Joe Babcock), 2:53, Glaser Pub., BMI; produced by Chuck Glaser. [From the record sleeve and labels] #1825 Hoyt Scoggins Soldiers Prayer Single · Prisoner of Vietnam / Soldiers Prayer · Gaye # 3037 · USA
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Hoyt Scoggins ("Rev. William Hoyt Scoggins") - born 9 January 1926 in Lafayette, Georgia, he started his recording career in the 1950s, writing and playing country music. He held, along with his wife Jessie Mae, several pastorates in churches across North Georgia, including his last known…- 1 Rockabilly Hall of Fame: Hoyt Scoggins — Rockabilly Legend ↩
- 2 Hillbilly-Music.com: Hoyt Scoggins ↩
- 3 Hillbilly-Music.com: Hoyt Scoggins ↩
- 4 talleysparkviewchapel.com (link no longer available) ↩
- 5 The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built (Nathan D. Gibson, 2011) ↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Gaye Records, yellow label, P.O. Box 13612 Station K, Atlanta, Ga.; Record No. 3037-1 "Prisoner of Vietnam" (Hoyt Scoggins), time 2:00, and Record No. 3037-2 "Soldiers Prayer" (Hoyt Scoggins), time 2:31, both Margie Music, BMI, "A Gaye Talent Production". The "Soldiers Prayer" label is signed in ink by Hoyt Scoggins. [From the record sleeve and labels]Lyrics
English
I'm a captain in the United States army, over a company of soldier
Over in Vietnam, I wonder if you folks back home think about us over here
Or do you really realise that we over here are fighting another war
So that we can still live in a land of freedom, it made me stop to think
Last night when I passed a soldier's foxhole and suddenly found myself
Inspired by a most humble and beautiful prayer, this little soldier was kneeling
On his knees in a most humble fashion, and my heart almost broke as I saw
The tears streaming down his face, and heard him pray this pray
He said 'dear god, I know I'm unfit to talk to one as good as you
I know I felt many times in Church back home but it seems like the right words
Just wouldn't come through...I know you love is great enough to cover all
And I'm scared god, and there's no one to help me now but you god
Can you make people love one another again and care for the fellow man
So we wouldn't have to fight these awful wars, because god I'm not mad...
And another thing god, please let me go back home from Vietnam
Genres: ♪ CountryCountry Gospel
#1827 Billy Thunder Surely (Partial) Single · Surely / All That I Own · Dip # 8618 · USA
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Soul, soldier's perspective, leans anti-war.Why have I been sent to Vietnam?
Why do I have to kill another man?
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Dip Records (8618), black label; "Surely" (B. Moses), Green Cheese Publ. Co., BMI, 3:45; produced by Bragg & Iscoe; Farewell Productions, 1751 Piedmont… #1828 José de Molina Texto Album · Historia verdadera de un sex-enio · Nueva Voz Latino Americana # JS-09 - 10 · Mexico
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Double LP, "José de Molina presenta...", issued by Nueva Voz Latinoamericana A.C., Apartado postal 12-106, México 1, D.F.; cover number JS-09/10, label… #1829 Casey Jones Thank You Mr. President Single · Thank You Mr. President / Black Velvet · Le Cam # LC-342 · USA
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Thank You Mr. President (Jones, Casey) Fanfare, pro-Nixon, P.O.W.
Fort Worth, Texas
Thank you president for staying strong, ending the Vietnam War, and…
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LeCam Records, P.O. Box 11152, Ft. Worth, Texas 76110, LC-342A, LC-872, 45 RPM; "Thank You Mr. President" (Major Bill Smith), Softcharay Music, BMI, 2:13;… #1830 Toon Smith The Plaque Single · The Plaque / Ode to a Coal Diggin' Man · Lemon # 555 · USA
Credited on the record as Toon Smith with Ponser-Ragsdale-Sandall.
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Plaque, The (Smith, Toon) Fanfare, patriotic. Nashville, Illinois, USA
Looked at the war plaque in town: young men gave their lives
Many widows, children…
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Lemon Records, "Sour Label Sweet Sound", Nashville, Ill. 62263, Lemon No. 555, Side B; "The Plaque" (G. R. Genseal), Shazam Pub., BMI, 2:33, "Arranged by… #1831 The Lonesome Valley Singers The Politician and the War Album · God Bless the Working Man · Diplomat # DS-2489 · USA
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Another country music, Vietnam related album by the Lonesome Valley Singers - in addition to Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs (1965) and Men in the Green Berets (1966) - all released on the New Jersey based label Diplomat Records - part of the SPC (Synthetic Plastics Company),… #1832 Earl Killian The Renaissance Red Neck Single · The Renaissance Red Neck / Just Call Me Crazy · Leapin' Lena # NR-18115 · USA
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Renaissance Red Neck, The (Killian, Earl) Country. Draft song. Reference to Nixon. North Carolina, USA.
Grew up in small southern town, shooting pool.
Gra…
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Leapin' Lena Records NR 18115-2; "The Renaissance Red Neck" (Earl Killian), time 2:51, Renaissance Red Necked Music, ASCAP; Earl Killian; produced by Earl… #1833 Ethel Delaney The Shining Medal Single · The Shining Medal / Ridin' Down the Trail Together · Ohio # 36812 · USA
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Shining Medal, The (Delaney, Ethel) Country. Home front perspective, K.I.A., medals, anti-war
Hudson, Ohio, USA
You sailed to Vietnam - you took our…
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Ohio 36812, Side 1, yellow label with the outline of the state of Ohio, P.O. Box 655, Hudson, Ohio; "The Shining Medal" (G. Feith-L. Howlett), 2:55,… #1835 Lonnie Coleman Tiny Soldier Single · Tiny Soldier / This Man Called Jesus · Verla # 45-108 · USA
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Tiny Soldier (Coleman, Lonnie) Coleman - born in Plunketville, Oklahoma.
Verla Records from Albany, Oregon.
Country - about kids playing soldier.
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Verla Records 45-108 A, stereo, "Promotional — not for sale"; "Tiny Soldier" (L. Coleman), 2:04, Colster Music, BMI; produced by Gene Breeden, engineer J.… #1836 Susan and the Shannons Tomorrow Morning Single · Tomorrow Morning / You'll Agree · Shannon's # SR1949 · USA
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Tomorrow Morning (Susan and the Shannons) You'll Agree (Susan and the Shannons)
Folk rock, home front perspective. Omaha, Nebraska
A-side: sweetheart is…
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Shannon's Productions SR1949A / SR1949B, pale green label; "Tomorrow Morning", Sears Pub., BMI, 2:24, and "You'll Agree", Sears Pub., BMI, 2:25; Ron… #1837 Louis Anthony Toy Soldiers Single · Toy Soldiers / I Feel Chained · Resco # 625 · USA
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Toy Soldiers (Anthony, Louis)Notes
Resco No. 625-B (LH-8712), 45 RPM, stereo, red and white label, 614 Dennis, Houston, Tex. 77006; "Toy Soldiers" (V. Buxton), Little Anne Music, BMI, 3:12;… #1838 Little Sonnie Mays Trap for Vietnam Single · Trap for Vietnam / Sonnie Mays · Camille # 125 · USA
Credited on the record as Little "Sonnie" Mays.
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Calypso anti-war song "Trap for Vietnam" (Camille Records # 125) by Little Sonnie Mays - no further biographical information in known at this time. It was released on a Bronx, New York record label, founded by Camille E. Hodge, who was born in the Virgin Islands, and immigrated to the US… Notes
Camille Records 125 A, 45 RPM, yellow label; "Trap for Vietnam" (C.A. Rogers), Amalie Music, BMI, time 3:50. A division of CAB Records, P.O. Box 620, New… #1839 Savoy All Stars Tribute to Vietnam Single · Where Did He Go I & I Know / Tribute to Vietnam · Savoy's · Jamaica
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Roots reggae song "Tribute to Vietnam" (Savoy's) by the Savoy All Stars, was released in Kingston, Jamaica. It is largely instrumental.Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Savoy's, white label printed in red, no catalogue number printed; "Tribute to Vietnam", Savoy All Stars; "Promoted & Distributed by Savoy Records, 87… #1840 We-the People Tricky Dicky's Got to Go! Single · Tricky Dicky's Got to Go! / Tricky Dicky's Secret Tapes · Tammy # T1776 · USA
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Tricky Dicky's Got to Go! (We-The People) novelty.
mainly about Watergate. But minor reference to sending boys overseas to war.
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Tammy Records T-1776-A, mono, orange label, 545 Market St., Youngstown, Ohio 44502; "Tricky Dicky's Got to Go!" (Tony March), Fiore Pub. Co., BMI, time… #1841 Dick Delmar and The Castaways Veteran's Orphanage Single · Cease the Cannons / Veteran's Orphanage · V.F.W. # SON 27312 · USA
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VFW Cottage Fund label in red, white and blue sunburst design; V.F.W. Pub. Co., BMI; "A D.W. Production"; "Cease the Cannons" (Wilson–Fagan–Darrell),… #1842 Davilita & Mario Hernandez con el Sexteto Borinquen Viet Nam Album · Mi gran bandera: Canciones patrioticas · Festival [Puerto Rico] # FR-03 · Puerto Rico
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The track "Viet Nam" (Festival Records # FR-03) is a collaboration between the Puerto Rican artists Davilita - born 21 May 1912, and died 8 July 1986 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico; Mario Hernández - born 24 June 1924, and died 2 January 2013, in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico; and the group Sexteto…Notes
Festival Records FR-03, stereo, "Mi Gran Bandera (José de Diego) – Canciones Patrióticas de Davilita", con Davilita / Mario Hernández, Sexteto Borinquen… #1843 The Mask Viet Nam Prayer Single · Viet Nam Prayer / Christmas Letter · It'll Do # 1000 · USA
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The song "Christmas Letter" (It'll Do Records # 1000) by the Mask - a country novelty record about a soldier in Vietnam during Christmas. It took a humorous tone, as the soldier hoped his father, back home, will cut down on the drinking and go to church on Christmas day. The soldier had a… Notes
It'll Do Records 1000, pink label; both sides written by The Mask and published by Sandra Music Publishing (BMI). Side A, "Christmas Letter" (C. L.… #1844 Los Nakos Viet-Nam Los Nakos · Interson # LPJA-004 · Mexico
#1845 Ernie Bivens Waiting at the Pier Single · Waiting at the Pier / Biggest Star in My Hometown · Flame # 509 · USA
Credited on the record as Ernie Bivens and the Southern Playboys.
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The song "Waiting at the Pier" - date unknown, probably mid to late 1960s. A country song, about a sailor on the "coast of Vietnam" missing his sweetheart, who will be waiting for him at home on the dock. It contained references to combat conditions: "shells are bursting fast and mighty… Notes
Flame F 509 (T4KM-7409), Flame Record Co., a division of Givens-Scoggins Ent., 814 16th Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn.; "Waiting at the Pier" (Ernie Bivens),… #1846 The Laurendeau Sisters Wars Like Vietnam Single · Wars Like Vietnam / To Heaven Without Me · Marquis # MS 1124 · USA
Credited on the record as The Laurendeau Sisters & The Laurel Westerners.
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The song "Wars Like Vietnam" (Marquis Records # MS 1124) is a country track by the Laurendeau Sisters. It sung from the perspective of two young females whose brother died in a war - sounds like they were teenagers or young adults. In any case, it sought to represent the impact of the war… Notes
Marquis Records MS 1124, 45 RPM; A-side "To Heaven Without Me" (Jeanne Marquis), 2:49, Copr. 65004; B-side "Wars Like Vietnam" (Eileen Laurendeau), 2:58,… #1848 Bongo Herman Where Did He Go I & I Know Single · Where Did He Go I & I Know / Tribute to Vietnam · Savoy's · Jamaica
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Roots reggae song "Tribute to Vietnam" (Savoy's) by the Savoy All Stars, was released in Kingston, Jamaica. It is largely instrumental.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Savoy's, no catalogue number printed; "Where Did He Go I & I Know" (Keith & Lionel); Bongo Herman; "Promoted & Distributed by Savoy Records, 87 Beeston… #1850 Larry Williams I Salute You Sir Single · I Salute You Sir / Julie Clay · Mark I # 110 · USA
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Released in Dry Branch, Georgia, the country song "I Salute You Sir" (Mark I Records # 45-110) by Larry Williams, supported Calley and expressed patriotic sentiment. It praised his efforts in the war zone, describing him as "an American fighting man" , who had "defended this great land of… Notes
Mark I Records, Dry Branch, Ga., 45-110 (matrix 1455-45-110 A), blue label; "I Salute You Sir" (L. Williams-L. Tynes), 2:17, Jupace Music (BMI). [From the… #1851 Rodd Keith What God Might Like to Say About the War in Viet Nam Single · We Have Overcome / What God Might Like to Say About the War in Viet Nam · M.S.R. # 329 · USA
Credited on the record as Rodd Rogers.
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- Song poem, religion, anti-war, traditional pop, both sides- Label: M.S.R. Records # 329
- Hollywood, California
- B-side: "What God Might Like to Say…
#1852 Rev. C. M. King Requiem to Lt. Calley Single · I Am So Glad I Am Here / Requiem to Lt. Calley · Mark I # 45-111 · USA
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Gospel, My Lai / Pro-Calley. PatrioticDry Branch, Georgia, USA
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B-side; the flip "I Am So Glad I Am Here" (3:29) is credited to Rev. C. M. King, the Requiem carries no writer credit. Jupace Music (BMI), pressed by… #1853 Rodd Keith I Wonder What the World Is Coming To Single · I Wonder What the World Is Coming To / Love Baby · Preview # 1733 · USA
Credited on the record as Ken Roberts.
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- "I Wonder What the World Is Coming To"- Label: Preview Records # 1733
- Performer: Ken Roberts aka Rodd Keith.
- Songwriter: Marcario C. Lauzon
- Note:…
#1854 Gene Marshall War Is Wrong Single · War Is Wrong / Slap Her Down Again PA · Preview # 2553 · USA
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- "War Is Wrong"- Label: Preview Records # 2553
- Songwriter: Tony & Maria Coiro
- Note: need song. Presume Anti-war / protest
- Traditional pop
- Hollywood,…
#1855 Gene Marshall Young Generation Single · Young Generation / Knocking Baby · M.S.R. # 170 · USA
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- "Young Generation"- Artist: Gene Marshall
- Label: M.S.R. Records # 170
- Songwriter: Janice Walsh
- Note: this is different song to The Young Generation,…
#1856 Nancy Cole Generation Gap Single · What You're Doing to Me / Generation Gap · M.S.R. # 428 · USA
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- "Generation Gap"- Artist: Nancy Cole
- Label: M.S.R. Records # 428
- Songwriter: Ollie Jones
- Traditional pop
- Generic / general counter-culture, hippies…
#1857 Dick Kent Prayer for Peace Single · What Love Is / Prayer for Peace · M.S.R. # 796 · USA
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- "Prayer for Peace"- Artist: Dick Kent
- Label: M.S.R. Records # 796
- Songwriter: Anne Arrowood
- Note - need image, need song
- Same title, songwriter and…
#1858 Roger Smith Dear God (A Prayer for Peace) Single · Dear God (A Prayer for Peace) / The Mrs. & I (A Happy Family Song) · Star-X # 517 · USA
Credited on the record as Roger Smith with Girl Trio & Combo.
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- "Dear God (A Prayer for Peace)"- Label: Star-X # 517
- Songwriter: Jack Lynch, Melvin Miller
- Note: need image, need song
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
#1859 Sonny Marshall My Dream of Peace Single · Jersey # 103 B · USA
Credited on the record as Sammy Marshall.
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Jersey Records (Milford, N.J.) 103 B, "Vocal By: Sammy Marshall", "Nashville C&W Sound"; Fanwood Music (BMI); SoN 80982. Jersey Records, P.O. Box 301,… #1860–1874 Various Artists Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced Album · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
All 15 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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"Three Vietnamese voices that cannot be silenced" - Cao Ngoc Phuong, Thich Nhat Hanh, Trinh Cong SonMusic and poetry in English and Vietnamese, according…
#1860 The Old Man and the Child #1861 Lullaby #1862 Madrigal of a Girl Who Lost Her Mind #1863 The Cio Linh Mother #1864 Nomads #1865 A Long Day of Sorrow #1866 I'll Go to See #1867 A Mother's Fate #1868 Vietnamese Instrumental Music [1] #1869 The Witness Remains #1870 Message #1871 Vietnamese Instrumental Music [2] #1872 Condemnation #1873 Peace #1874 Going to See the Country
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#1860 Cao Ngọc Phượng The Old Man and the Child Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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"Three Vietnamese voices that cannot be silenced" - Cao Ngoc Phuong, Thich Nhat Hanh, Trinh Cong SonMusic and poetry in English and Vietnamese, according…
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1861 Cao Ngọc Phượng Lullaby Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1862 Cao Ngọc Phượng Madrigal of a Girl Who Lost Her Mind Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1863 Cao Ngọc Phượng The Cio Linh Mother Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1864 Cao Ngọc Phượng Nomads Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
Credited on the record as Cao Phuong.
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1865 Trịnh Công Sơn & Robert Ryan A Long Day of Sorrow Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1866 Trịnh Công Sơn & Robert Ryan I'll Go to See Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1867 Trịnh Công Sơn & Robert Ryan A Mother's Fate Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1868 Various Artists Vietnamese Instrumental Music [1] Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1869 Thích Nhất Hạnh The Witness Remains Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1870 Thích Nhất Hạnh Message Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1871 Various Artists Vietnamese Instrumental Music [2] Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1872 Thích Nhất Hạnh Condemnation Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1873 Thích Nhất Hạnh Peace Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1874 Trịnh Công Sơn Going to See the Country Album · Cry of Vietnam: Three Vietnamese Voices That Cannot Be Silenced · The Compassionate Arts # None · USA
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The Compassionate Arts presents "Cry of Vietnam", Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y. 10960; no catalogue number is printed.The front…
#1876 Unknown Artist Slash Go the Bayonets Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Anonymous protest song to the tune of "Click Go the Shears", from the National Service years; printed in Ratbags & Rabblerousers. #1877 Lyell Sayer Join the RSL Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Written in the 1960s; Sayer: "I wanted to hit at the RSL's pro-war mentality of the time." Tune: "Click Go the Shears". Printed in Ratbags & Rabblerousers. #1878 Unknown Artist The Ballad of Uncle Doug Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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Anonymous song popular at Melbourne demonstrations, about the sports commentator and Labor politician Doug Elliott; tune "Lazy Harry's". Printed in… #1879 Clem Parkinson The Weirdest Dream Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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To the tune of "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"; written in the late 1960s and handed out in hundreds of copies at Melbourne Moratorium meetings.… #1880 Clem Parkinson The Ballad of Gunner Holt Unreleased · Unreleased · Not On Label · Australia
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To the tune of "The Wearing of the Green"; on Harold Holt's five weeks at Puckapunyal in 1940. Printed in Ratbags & Rabblerousers. #1881–1883 Loleh Bellon (narrator) Contes Vietnamiens pour enfants EP · Not On Label # CSV 001 · France
All 3 songs from this ep in the archive are in this collection
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France, narrator playCharity, public appeal for the children of Vietnam.
Victims of the war
Mix of spoken word and music
Protest, anti-war, discussion on…
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#1881 Loleh Bellon (narrator) Da - Trang EP · Contes Vietnamiens pour enfants · Not On Label # CSV 001 · France
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France, narrator playCharity, public appeal for the children of Vietnam.
Victims of the war
Mix of spoken word and music
Protest, anti-war, discussion on…
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Full title: 'Contes Vietnamiens Pour Enfants Dits Par Loleh Bellon'. Credited artist is Loleh Bellon (narrator). Published by Comité Français Pour Le… #1882 Loleh Bellon (narrator) Le Tailleur Et Le Mandarin EP · Contes Vietnamiens pour enfants · Not On Label # CSV 001 · France
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Full title: 'Contes Vietnamiens Pour Enfants Dits Par Loleh Bellon'. Credited artist is Loleh Bellon (narrator). Published by Comité Français Pour Le… #1883 Loleh Bellon (narrator) Le Buffle, L'homme Et Le Tigre EP · Contes Vietnamiens pour enfants · Not On Label # CSV 001 · France
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Full title: 'Contes Vietnamiens Pour Enfants Dits Par Loleh Bellon'. Credited artist is Loleh Bellon (narrator). Published by Comité Français Pour Le… #1884 J.L. Dubuisson Souviens-Toi Single · Mouvement National de Soutien Aux Peuples D'Indochine (MNSPI) - Solidarite / Souviens-Toi · Not On Label # PP01 · France
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France.Solidarity with Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Anti-war protest, chanson
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MNSPI on cover; Mouvement National De Soutien Aux Peuples D'Indochine on labels. Comes with a lyric sheet. Track A of the compilation. Issued by the… #1885 B. Meriau, J.L. Dubuisson Solidarité Single · Mouvement National de Soutien Aux Peuples D'Indochine (MNSPI) - Solidarite / Souviens-Toi · Not On Label # PP01 · France
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MNSPI on cover; Mouvement National De Soutien Aux Peuples D'Indochine on labels. Comes with a lyric sheet. Track B of the compilation. Issued by the… #1886 Lil Dagover Volkslieder aus Vietnam EP · Helft Vietnam! · Westdeutsche Frauenfriedensbewegung · Germany
Credited on the record as Deutsche Texte spricht: Lil Dagover; Aufruf zur Tat: Weltkirchenratspräsident D. Martin Niemöller DD..
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Volkslieder aus Vietnam (Various Artists) Featured spoken-word text from German film actor Lil Dagover . Also from theologian and pastor Martin Niemöller , anti-Vietnam activist. Released by the West German Women's Peace Movement (Westdeutsche Frauenfriedensbewegung) (WFFB), founded in…
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"Helft Vietnam!" — benefit 45 of the Westdeutsche Frauenfriedensbewegung (West German Women's Peace Movement), made in Germany, the proceeds to its… #1887 Nino Porto La Piazza Del Mercato A Saigon Album · Il fascino dell'improvvisazione - Concerto per Jan Palach / Servizio speciale dal Vietnam · Edizioni Del Tima Club # MPV-11 · Italy
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Side B is a four-part suite 'Servizio Speciale Dal Vietnam' (Special Report from Vietnam); Side A is 'Concerto Per Jan Palach' (Palach self-immolated Jan… #1888–1891 Inda Ledesma, Héctor Alterio & Armando Tejada Gómez Vietnam Album · Pincén # 0234 · Argentina
All 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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Poetry / spoken-word record, released in Argentina ( Pincén # 0234) with writers associated with the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement. This included: Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Héctor Alterio,…
#1888 Pequeña oda a Vietnam #1889 Vietcong #1890 Informe del último "marine" en Vietnam #1891 Alerta en Vietnam
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#1888 Inda Ledesma, Héctor Alterio & Armando Tejada Gómez Pequeña oda a Vietnam Album · Vietnam · Pincén # 0234 · Argentina
Credited on the record as Armando Tejada Gómez, Hector Alterio, Inda Ledesma.
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Poetry / spoken-word record, released in Argentina (Pincén # 0234) with writers associated with the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement. This included: Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Héctor Alterio,…Notes
Track B4. Poems from the South and the North of Vietnam and by Tejada Gómez; the record opens with poems from Ho Chi Minh's prison diary (back cover).… #1889 Inda Ledesma, Héctor Alterio & Armando Tejada Gómez Vietcong Album · Vietnam · Pincén # 0234 · Argentina
Credited on the record as Armando Tejada Gómez, Hector Alterio, Inda Ledesma.
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Poetry / spoken-word record, released in Argentina ( Pincén # 0234) with writers associated with the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement. This included: Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Héctor Alterio,…
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Track B5. Poems from the South and the North of Vietnam and by Tejada Gómez; the record opens with poems from Ho Chi Minh's prison diary (back cover).… #1890 Inda Ledesma, Héctor Alterio & Armando Tejada Gómez Informe del último "marine" en Vietnam Album · Vietnam · Pincén # 0234 · Argentina
Credited on the record as Armando Tejada Gómez, Hector Alterio, Inda Ledesma.
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Poetry / spoken-word record, released in Argentina ( Pincén # 0234) with writers associated with the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement. This included: Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Héctor Alterio,…
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Track B7. Poems from the South and the North of Vietnam and by Tejada Gómez; the record opens with poems from Ho Chi Minh's prison diary (back cover).… #1891 Inda Ledesma, Héctor Alterio & Armando Tejada Gómez Alerta en Vietnam Album · Vietnam · Pincén # 0234 · Argentina
Credited on the record as Armando Tejada Gómez, Hector Alterio, Inda Ledesma.
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Poetry / spoken-word record, released in Argentina ( Pincén # 0234) with writers associated with the Nueva canción latinoamericana movement. This included: Armando Tejada Gómez, born 21 April 1929 in Mendoza, Argentina, died on 3 November 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Héctor Alterio,…
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Track A2. Poems from the South and the North of Vietnam and by Tejada Gómez; the record opens with poems from Ho Chi Minh's prison diary (back cover).… #1892 Maudie Bilbrew That Freedom Plane Single · Let Lay the Weapons Down & Join Hands / That Freedom Plane · Aycee # AR 1284 · USA
Credited on the record as Maudie Bilbrew and the Aycee Bilbrew Singers.
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Soul / gospel, anti-warA-side: lay weapons down, march forward together
B-side: step onboard soldiers, coming home.
President held a conference (Paris…
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Aycee Records AR 1284, Side 2, yellow label; publishers Rogers & Van Buren (BMI), time 2:10; writer and director Aycee Bilbrew. Side 1 "Let Lay the… #1893 Rev. William White & The Fabulous White Singers Peace Album · Rev. William White & The Fabulous White Singers · True Joy # 104 · USA
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Gospel. "Peace" - reference to WW2, Korea, Vietnam. ReligionNotes
'Peace' is track A4. Producer Hoyt Sullivan. No writer credits on Discogs. Discogs genre Funk / Soul; styles Gospel, Soul. #1894 Larry Dismond The Canaan Land Single · Carry On My Brothers / The Caanan Land · Orbit Record Corporation # LD-302 · USA
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- "The Canaan Land" - reference to men in Vietnam. Civil Rights- A-side tribute to JFK, MLK, RFK.
- Released New York.
- Soul
- Discogs title 'A Tribute To…
#1895 Johnny Peoples and the Exciting Gospel Crowns of Brooklyn, NY I Want to Be Free Single · When Jesus Come / I Want to Be Free · Rae Cox # S-143 · USA
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- Gospel, soul.- Vietnam, Civil Rights
- B-side. Organ: Robert Banks. Rae Cox Records Inc.; published by Enrica Music, Inc.; BMI. A-side 2:35. Justin owns…
#1896 The Jackson Southernaires The Bible Will Be Fulfilled Single · The Bible Will Be Fulfilled / Waiting on Jesus · Songbird # 1111 · USA
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- Gospel, religion- 1000 dying in Vietnam
- Released in Houston, Texas
- Label credit 'The Jackson Southernairs'. Matrix LRS 11236 (A) / LRS 11237 (B).…
#1897 Shurlie Grant & Grady Smith A Song to Florence Beaumont Single · A Song to Florence Beaumont / To the Parents · Tec-Art # WR 4704 · USA
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- Contemporary folk protest, anti-war, anti-govt, peace- Title reference to immolation of an US anti-war protester
- Song referencing the draft, with…
#1898 Shurlie Grant & Grady Smith To the Parents Single · A Song to Florence Beaumont / To the Parents · Tec-Art # WR 4704 · USA
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- Contemporary folk protest, anti-war, anti-govt, peace- Title reference to immolation of an US anti-war protester
- Song referencing the draft, with…
#1899 Vince Sanders A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Single · M and M # MM 26 · USA
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M and M MM 26, single-sided; published by Josehe Pub.Label: M & M Record Co., MM 26, 45 RPM, time 5:36; "Voice: Vince Sanders"; written by Mrs. Kathryn…
#1900 Hank Leids Song for Peace Single · Courage # C-101 · USA
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Courage C-101A (ESS 7422, OVS-217-1), stereo, 3:23; (Michael Reid); Counterpart Music, BMI; arr. & prod. by A. Shakow & K. McManus; Mfg. by Courage… #1901 Troy Cummings The Record of Watergate Single · The Record of Watergate · Uptown Happening # M8182 · USA
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Uptown Happening M8182 A (2:00) / M8182 B (2:25), 45 rpm, mono; both sides titled The Record of Watergate. [From the record label]Record of Watergate, The…
#1902 Al Jacques In Viet Nam Tonight Single · In Viet Nam Tonight / Drums in My Heart · Ronel # 632 · USA
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Traditional pop, home front perspective Across the sea a boy in Vietnam very dear to me I fought in two world wars Some men want to rule the world Sing a… #1903 J.Q. Publik Are You the Devil, Mr. Nixon? Single · Are You the Devil, Mr. Nixon? / Screw the People · Not On Label # 92674-N · USA
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- rock pop novelty, anti-Nixon - A-side: reference to energy crisis, Watergate, bugging - Made a shambles of the country, broke law and order - B-side:… #1904 J.Q. Publik Screw the People Single · Are You the Devil, Mr. Nixon? / Screw the People · Not On Label · USA
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- rock pop novelty, anti-Nixon - A-side: reference to energy crisis, Watergate, bugging - Made a shambles of the country, broke law and order - B-side:…Archival
#1905 Henry Flynt & The Insurrections Uncle Sam Do Recorded 1966 · released 2004 · Archival · I Don't Wanna · Locust # locust 39 cd · USA
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Although released in 2004, the group recorded this album in 1966. It documented the garage punk band the Insurrections, which featured Henry Flynt (who had guitar lessons with Lou Reed), Walter De Maria and Paul Breslin.1 The first track on the album, "Uncle Sam Do" , referenced the… #1906 Michael Yonkers Boy in the Sand Box Recorded 1968 · released 2002 · Archival · Microminiature Love · De Stijl # 029 lp · USA
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This garage rock album, written in Minneapolis, Minn. in 1968, was only released in 2002 (Sub Pop Records # SPCD 508). It featured two songs referencing the Vietnam War. The song "Kill the Enemy" focused on the reaction of a man being drafted to war and being forced to kill the enemy. It… #1907 Baba Scholae Song My (My Lai) Recorded 1969 · Archival · Baba Scholae · Ad Vitam # AV 120920 · France
#1908 Marvin Gaye I Want to Come Home for Christmas Recorded 1972 · Archival · Unreleased · Not On Label · USA
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As discussed above, Marvin Gaye, born in Washington D.C. (2 April 1939), helped shape the sound of the Detroit-based Motown Records in the 1960s, and thus he became one of the most influential soul singers of the era. In the early 1970s with the album What's Going On, which included the… #1909 Phil Ochs What Are You Fighting For Released 1976 · Archival · Sings for Broadside · Folkways # FD 5320 · USA
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The Phil Ochs songs "What Are You Fighting For?" was originally published in Broadside # 40, February 1964, so one of the earliest anti-Vietnam War songs. However, it was not recorded on an album at the time. A live version later appeared on the LP Sings for Broadside, released by Folkways… #1910 Simon Townsend Bring 'em Home: Conscientious Objector, Simon Townsend, at a Sydney Anti-Vietnam Demonstration, 1969 Recorded 1969 · released 1982 · Compilation · The Big Broadcast 1932-1982 · ABC Classics # 2ABC L 8206 · Australia
Credited on the record as Various Artists.
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This is an Australian documentary record (ABC Classics # 2ABC L 8206), featuring spoken-word tracks, including two related to the Vietnam War. The first included an interview with a conscientious objector at an anti-war protest in Sydney. The second was a news report on the collapse of…Notes
Documentary record of ABC broadcasts; interview recorded at a Sydney anti-war demonstration, 1969. #1911 Arthur Calwell, Lyndon B. Johnson & Nguyễn Cao Kỳ The Vietnam War Recorded 1966 · released 1985 · Compilation · The Times of Our Lives · Telmak # TMAK 137 · Australia
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Australian documentary record (Telmak # TMAK 137), which included a few clips about the Vietnam War, including comments from Australia's Opposition leader Arthur Caldwell, US President Lyndon B. Johnson, and the South Vietnamese leader. Notes
Track B5: The Vietnam War (Comments from…Notes
Track B5: comments from the Australian Opposition leader Arthur Calwell, President Lyndon B. Johnson and the South Vietnamese premier Nguyen Cao Ky, 1966. #1912 Various Artists Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Released 1988 · Compilation · New Musical Express # NME NAM 1 · UK
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A 1988 Vietnam themed musical compilation by NME, a music magazine in the UK (... # NAM 1) It took its name from the Country Joe & The Fish song I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die which was the first track. It included an interesting mix of genres (blues, country, folk, soul) and political…Notes
Vietnam-themed compilation LP issued in 1988 by the New Musical Express (NME NAM 1), obtained by mail order with NME vouchers; entered as one release line… #1913 Phil Ochs We Seek No Wider War Recorded 1965 · released 2000 · Archival · The Best of Broadside 1962-1988 · Smithsonian Folkways # 40129 P · USA
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Written and recorded in 1965, the track "We Seek No Wider War" by Phil Ochs looked at the "credibility gap" - expressing skepticism regarding President Johnson's statements on the Vietnam War - similar to the Tom Paxton song "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation". The title of the song was… #1914 KRS-One What I Know Archival · Not On Label · USA
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KRS-One (Lawrence Krisna Parker), born 20 August 1965 in Brooklyn, New York, USA, East Coast Hip Hop artist, who rose to prominence as a member of Boogie Down Productions. In 1989 he started The Stop the Violence Movement in response to violence in black communities, which brought… Lyric theme data
Lyric content themes tagged on the songs in this collection — parent themes with their sub-themes (number of records). Click a theme for its definition and all records carrying it.
People: US Political & Military 200
Show all 42 themes ▾Nixon 112 LBJ 56 JFK 15 Wallace 14 McNamara 8 RFK 8 Agnew 6 Kissinger 6 Eisenhower 4 Lincoln 3 Richard J. Daley 3 Reagan 3 McGovern 3 Hubert Humphrey 2 Westmoreland 2 Roosevelt 2 Truman 2 John Mitchell 2 George Washington 2 Lady Bird 1 Linda Johnson 1 Lucy Baines Johnson 1 Eugene McCarthy 1 Oswald 1 John Dean 1 Haldeman 1 Muskie 1 Jefferson 1 Ford 1 Rockefeller 1 Richard Campos 1
Key stats
1,911 songs · 1,425 releases · 1,203 artists · 760 labels · 1961–2000 · 3 more list entries have no record page yet and are not counted here
Time period
- 1970 is the peak year, with 232 songs.
- 1968–71 holds 814 of the 1,620 dated songs — more than half in four years.
- 1,910 of the 1,911 were released during the war years. Only one comes after: Maniacs, “Vietnam” (1985).
- 291 records are undated.
Artists
- 1,203 artists for 1,911 songs. The most represented is FNL-Grupperna, with 46.
- 339 of the artists are still unidentified beyond the record: no line-up, no biography.
- 19 are credited to various artists — compilations and cast recordings.
Songwriters
- Songwriter gender is recorded for 993 of the 1,911 songs: 843 by men, 90 by women and 60 by mixed teams — women wrote 9% of those.
- By performer: 1,267 men, 307 mixed groups, 276 women and 59 not identified (recorded for 1,909).
- 1,399 named songwriters. The most often credited are Chuck Strand and Gene Curty and Nitra Scharfman, with 18 each.
Labels
- 529 of the 760 labels appear exactly once; Befria has the most, with 62.
- 445 sit on a major or well-known imprint — Columbia, Atlantic, Elektra, Folkways, Warner Bros., RCA Victor, A&M, Capitol. The other 1,466 are on independent, regional or private labels.
- 68 are private pressings with no label at all.
- 64 45s put both of their sides into this list.
Locations
- 1,246 of the 1,911 are American. New York leads with 321, then California 201 and Texas 50.
- New York City accounts for 286 records, more than any other city; Hollywood has 70, Los Angeles 58.
- 665 come from outside the US: 95 German, 89 Swedish, 81 British, 72 Italian, 69 Japanese, 49 French, and others.
Themes
- By perspective: 1,807 peace, protest and anti-war; 68 home front or soldier's perspective; 24 Vietnamese patriotic; eleven patriotic, pro-government or anti-protest.
- 313 distinct sub-themes across 1,911 songs.
- Soldier's Perspective is the single biggest subject — 174 songs, one in ten.
- Next come Peace (170), Draft (168), Protest (140) and Civil Rights (137).
- 22 are answer records, most of them to “Open Letter”.